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enemy

noun
/ˈɛnəmi/UK/ˈenəmi/

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.

  1. derived from inimīcus
  2. derived from enemi
  3. inherited from enemy

Definitions

  1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends…

    Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

    • under enemy duress
    • He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
    • You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.

  2. A hostile force or nation

    A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

    • Rally together against a common enemy.

  3. Something harmful or threatening to another

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

      • The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.

    2. A non-player character that tries to harm the player.

      • Use gadgets like Nakishkas to fend off enemies.

    3. To make an enemy of.

      • But rather the life He has lived People he met Befriended and enemied
      • Bureaucracy and wider features of a division of labor also facilitates the “othering” and “enemying” associated with systemic violence and makes possible the professionalization of atrocity.

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Derived

archenemy, be one's own worst enemy, better is the enemy of good, class enemy, enemedia, enemy action, enemy combatant, enemydom, enemyhood, enemy image, enemyism, enemyless, enemy-like, enemylike, enemy line, enemyness, enemy of the people, enemy of the state, enemyship, enemyslash, enemywise, frenemy, how goes the enemy, let the perfect be the enemy of the good, make the perfect the enemy of the good, my enemy's enemy is my friend, nonenemy, no plan survives contact with the enemy, perfection is the enemy of good, perfect is the enemy of good, perfect is the enemy of good enough, public enemy, public enemy number one, the best is the enemy of the good, the better is the enemy of the good, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the enemy of your enemy is your friend, the perfect is the enemy of the good, worst enemy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at enemy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01enemy02injury03damage04cost05relinquishment06relinquishing07relinquish08surrender

A definitional loop anchored at enemy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at enemy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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