Calamitousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calamitous \Ca*lam"i*tous\, a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F.
     calamiteux.]
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     1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.]
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              Ten thousands of calamitous persons.  --South.
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     2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making
        wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous
        condition." --South. "A calamitous prison" --Milton.
  
     Syn: Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive;
          wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse;
          unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. --
          {Ca*lam"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lam"i*tous*ness}, n.
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