inimicitious

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/ɪnɪmɪˈsɪʃəs/

adjective

Inimical; unfriendly, hostile.

OriginLatin inimicitia →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveinimicitious (comparative more inimicitious, superlative most inimicitious)

comparative more inimicitious · superlative most inimicitious

  1. obsoleteInimical; unfriendly, hostile.

    to drive the gall and other bitter juices from the gall bladder, liver and sweet-bread of his majesty's subjects, with all the inimicitious passions which belong to them, down into their duodenums.

    1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 271

Origin

  1. Latininimicitia“enmity”
  2. Englishinimicitious

From Latin inimicitia (“enmity”), from inimicus (“enemy”).

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APA

inimicitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inimicitious

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inimicitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inimicitious.

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