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contrariety

noun
/kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.

  1. derived from contra — “against”
  2. derived from contrarietas
  3. borrowed from contrariété

Definitions

  1. Opposition or contrariness

    Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

    • What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?
    • This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
    • Thy ſenate is a ſcene of civil jar, / Chaos of contrarieties at vvar, / VVhere ſharp and ſolid, phlegmatic and light, / Diſcordant atoms meet, ferment and fight, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA