contrariety
/kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?"
- "This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble."
- "Thy ſenate is a ſcene of civil jar, / Chaos of contrarieties at vvar, / VVhere ſharp and ſolid, phlegmatic and light, / Diſcordant atoms meet, ferment and fight, […]"
- "The contrariety of views and designs, the concertative, dilatory conferences of a numerous assembly (rent and divided as such assemblies are ever found to be), render it expedient that the prerogative of commencing war be confided to the advised discretion of the executory power."
- "Yet however within my reach, however tempting they may appear, when I think upon the contrarieties, the restraints, the uncertainties that in this sublunary temporary sojourn would interpose their bane, the scene appears joyless, and I fly, rejoicing fly, to rest my hopes, faith, confidence on that base which is immutable, never-changing, never-ending; in a word, I fly to repose myself on the bosom of my God."
- "The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/