CALAMITY


Meaning of CALAMITY in English

■ noun ( plural calamities ) an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress.

Derivatives

calamitous adjective

calamitously adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr. calamite , from L. calamitas .

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