INCOMMODITY

Etymology

Noun

incommodity (countable and uncountable, plural incommodities)

(archaic) inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage

Source: Wiktionary


In`com*mo"di*ty, n.; pl. Incommodities. Etym: [L. incommoditas: cf. F. incommodité. See Incommodious.]

Definition: Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] Bunyan. A great incommodity to the body. Jer. Taylor. Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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