WOTD: hamartia

Phonetic Spelling: hah-mahr-TEE-uh

Part(s) of Speech: noun

Meaning(s): Tragic flaw.

Example:
What is Oedipus’ hamartia that leads to his self-fulfilling self-reversal? — Laszlo Versényi, Man’s Measure

We called it by many different things, such as hubris or hamartia, but given the way you butcher Latin, let’s stick with English. — Stephanie Draven, The Fever and the Fury

Origin:
Hamartia stems from the Greek word hamartánein which meant “to err.” However, it entered English in the late 1800s.