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Adversity comes from Middle English adversite, meaning "opposition, hostility, misfortune, or hardship," which itself is from Latin adversus, the source of adverse, which means "bad or unfavorable", as in "adverse criticism" or "an adverse reaction to the medication".

First Known Use of adversity13th century.

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Adversity - noun | ad-VER-suh-tee | ad·​ver·​si·​ty | ad-ˈvər-sə-tē

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