adversite

Middle English

Alternative forms

• adversete, adversetee, adversitee, adversyte, adversytee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French adversité, from Latin adversitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˌvɛrsiˈteː/, /adˈvɛrsiteː/

Noun

adversite (plural adversites)

1. Adversity, calamity; ill fortune.
2. An adverse event; a disaster.
3. Enmity, opposition; action against something or someone.
4. Injury; the infliction of a detriment.

Descendants

• English: adversity

References

• “adversitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.