CALAMITOUS, CALAMITY
ADJECTIVES
1225 — RUTHFUL lamentable, piteous; also, dreadful, calamitous → obs.
1494 — TRAGEDIOUS calamitous, tragic; full of tragedy → obs.
NOUNS
1000 — BALE-SITHE calamity, evil fortune; death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief → obs.
1000 — ONFALL an attack or access of calamity, disease, or plague; an assault, on onset → obs. exc. Sc.
1275 — RUTH mischief; calamity; ruin → obs.
1400 — UNCHANCE a calamity, mischance, misfortune → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1825 — HECKAPURDES the state of a person when alarmed by any sudden danger or calamity; a quandary → Sc.
1862 — MURDERATION a calamitous state of affairs; a disaster → Amer. dial.
1905 — TILLIE LICK → TILLIE-LICKIT an unexpected calamity or misfortune → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1911 — BLACK OX a great calamity; a misfortune; a bereavement → Sc. (Bk.)
1934 — AZOTE calamity → Amer. dial.
1970 — PIT a calamity → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1990 — AATACLAPS a calamity; a disaster → W. Indies sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1966 — CALAMITY JANE a person who suffers calamity → Amer. dial.
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