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   An·i·mos·i·ty

   /ˌanəˈmäsədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. strong hostility: "he no longer felt any animosity toward her"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘spirit, courage’): from Old French animosite or late Latin animositas, from animosus ‘spirited’, from Latin animus ‘spirit, mind’. The current sense dates from the early 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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