calamitous
Calamitous (adj) means causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
Etymology
Borrowed from French calamiteux (“calamitous”) (see French -eux, English -ous), from Latin calamitōsus (“destructive, disastrous, ruinous, calamitous”), a contraction of calamitātōsus, from calamitāt- + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns); calamitāt- is the oblique stem of calamitās (“disaster, misfortune, calamity; damage, harm; loss”), from *calamis (“damaged”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”)) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, calamity + -ous.
Rhymes for calamitous
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What is the meaning of calamitous?
"calamitous" (adj) means causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
What are the different meanings of calamitous?
"calamitous" has 2 main meanings: 1. Causing or involving calamity; disastrous; 2. Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.