(Not only do we harbor no animosity toward Barbara Kelly for suggesting today's Good Word, we offer her our heartfelt gratitude.) (The sea anemone took its name from the flower.) Our ancient ancestors often associated breath with the soul, since breath takes on a misty, ghostly shape in cold weather.

animosidad, rencor, aversin, mala voluntad v. animosidad Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

The rivals regarded one another with animosity. The root animus was derived from Proto-Indo-European ane- 'to blow, to breathe', also found in Greek anemos 'wind', the source of the name of the anemone flower. animosity ( nimosti) noun (a) strong dislike or hatred. At the bottom of both these words is Latin animus 'soul, spirit', source of English animal. Both words originated in Latin, as animositas 'courage', the noun from the adjective animosus 'bold'. Word History: Today's Good Word is the noun based on a by-now rare adjective, animous, which originally meant 'high-spirited, courageous', but drifted into 'hot-tempered' by the 18th century. The animosity of his enemies was such that they followed his remains with scoffings and insults on its way to the grave.: But class animosity in the political world is the preachment of the revolutionists.: Cicero, in his philippics, actuated in great measure by personal animosity, gives a highly unfavourable view of his character. 'I hope Seamus Allgood doesn't think my letting the air out of his tires is an indication of any animosity I harbor toward him it was just a joke.' Although this word began its life as a mass noun with no plural form or meaning, today it is often used in the plural: 'Animosities ran high for a while after Izzy Badenoff defeated Dwight Mann in recent local elections.' In Play: Animosity is often harbored rather than born or carried. It is a near synonym of the noun animus 'motivating spirit, disposition', especially a hostile spirit, as an animus behind a policy (nonhostile) or an animus against a policy (hostile). The result is that it is now a lexical orphan, a word without a family of derivationally related words. Notes: Today's Good Word is no longer semantically related to the adjective it was historically derived from, animous (see Word History). Meaning: Bitter hostility, deep-seated hatred toward someone or something. Meaning: Bitter hostility, deep-seated hatred toward someone or something.

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