Josiah
Senior Member
- Location
- 50 miles east of Cincinnati, OH
inimical
PRONUNCIATION:
(i-NIM-i-kuhl)
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Harmful. 2. Unfriendly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin in- (not) + amicus (friend). A few other words that share the same root are: amigo, amity, enemy, amicable, and amicus curiae. Earliest documented use: 1645.
USAGE:
"But the landers found no other signs of biological activity, nor any organic compounds. If anything, the soil seemed inimical to life."
Burkhard Bilger; The Martian Chroniclers; The New Yorker; Apr 22, 2013.
PRONUNCIATION:
(i-NIM-i-kuhl)
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Harmful. 2. Unfriendly.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin in- (not) + amicus (friend). A few other words that share the same root are: amigo, amity, enemy, amicable, and amicus curiae. Earliest documented use: 1645.
USAGE:
"But the landers found no other signs of biological activity, nor any organic compounds. If anything, the soil seemed inimical to life."
Burkhard Bilger; The Martian Chroniclers; The New Yorker; Apr 22, 2013.
