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   animosity

   /ˌanɪˈmɒsɪti/

   noun

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

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

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   • Y

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