OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16498

calamity

/kəˈlæmɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calamidad
An event resulting in great loss.
Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and fro…
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