enemy
Pronunciation: /ˈɛnəmi/
The English word “enemy” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- Something harmful or threatening to another
- Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
- A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
verb
- To make an enemy of.
Etymology
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.
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