Etymology

inimical

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Today it means: Harmful in effect. Full definition →

Latin inimīcālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed frominimīcālis“hostile”
  2. English todayinimical

From Late Latin inimīcālis (“hostile”), from inimīcus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)) + -ālis.

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