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odium

/ˈəʊ.di.əm/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Hatred; dislike.
  2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odiumlbor. English odium Learned borrowing from Latin odium, from Proto-Italic *odjom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.

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