calamity
11calamity — UK [kəˈlæmətɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms calamity : singular calamity plural calamities a) an event that causes serious damage, or causes a lot of people to suffer, for example a flood or fire b) used humorously about something …
12calamity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitat , calamitas; perhaps akin to Latin clades destruction Date: 15th century 1. a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss 2. a disastrous event… …
13calamity — /keuh lam i tee/, n., pl. calamities. 1. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. 2. grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war. [1375 1425; late ME calamite < MF < L calamitat (s. of calamitas), perh. akin… …
14calamity — ca|lam|i|ty [kəˈlæmıti] n plural calamities [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: calamité, from Latin calamitas] a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering = ↑disaster ▪ It would be a calamity for the farmers if… …
15calamity — noun (C) a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering: It would be a calamity for the farmers if the crops failed again. calamitous adjective calamitously adverb …
16calamity — ca•lam•i•ty [[t]kəˈlæm ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) a great misfortune or disaster; catastrophe 2) grievous affliction; misery: the calamity of war[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME calamite < MF < L calamitās syn: See disaster …
17calamity — Pōpilikia, pō ino. See ex., pāpa a1. ♦ Overtaken by calamity, pa uhia …
18calamity — n. (pl. ies) 1 a disaster, a great misfortune. 2 a adversity. b deep distress. Phrases and idioms: Calamity Jane a prophet of disaster. Derivatives: calamitous adj. calamitously adv. Etymology: ME f. F calamiteacute f. L calamitas tatis …
19Calamity Jane — in einer Aufnahme von 1895 Martha Jane Cannary Burke (* 1. Mai 1852 in Princeton, Missouri; † 1. August 1903 in Terry bei Deadwood, South Dakota), genannt Calamity Jane (dt. Katastrophen Jane), war eine US amerikanische Wild West Heldin …
20Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke) — Calamity Jane ist ein Comic Band aus der Lucky Luke Reihe, der von Morris gezeichnet und von René Goscinny getextet wurde. Nach der Zählung des Ehapa Verlages (beziehungsweise zu Beginn: des Delta Verlages aus Ehapa und Dargaud) ist dieser Band… …
