Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Adversity
adversity, n. [MFr < L. adversitÄt-em opposition < adversus, turn against.] (webplay: day, God, good, misfortune, unhappiness, unprosperous).
Misfortune; affliction; calamity; trial; tribulation; opposition to success; reverse of fortune.
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