Definition of Calamity

Cabbage

CALAMITY noun

	A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Callous

Regular definition:

CALAMITY:
k??læm?t? n. (pl. -ies) 1 a disaster, a great misfortune. 2 a adversity. b deep distress. øCalamity Jane a prophet of disaster. øøcalamitous adj. calamitously adv. [ME f. F calamit÷ f. L calamitas -tatis]

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