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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-862/
- Published: 2022-06-09T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-07T18:30:58.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

adversity (noun):

: a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adversity?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 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.”

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