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1. Suffering calamity; wretched;
miserable. [Obs.]

Ten thousands of calamitous persons.

South.

2. Producing, or attended with distress
and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad
and calamitous condition." South. "A
calamitous prison" Milton.

Syn. -- Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive;
wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy;
severe; sad; unfortunate.

-- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.

Ca*lam"i*ty (?) n.; pl.
Calamities (#). [L. calamitas, akin to
in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamité]
1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery;
-- generally applied to events or disasters which produce
extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

The word calamity was first derived from calamus
when the corn could not get out of the stalk. Bacon.

Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch
the soul.

W. Irving.

2. A state or time of distress or
misfortune; misery.


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