What does "calamitous" mean?
Calamitous: Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous condition." South. "A calamitous prison" Milton. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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