Ad*ver"si*ty (?), n.; pl.
Adversities(?). [OE. adversite, F.
adversité, fr. L. adversitas.] 1.
Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble;
suffering; trial.