unˈfortune Now arch.
[un-1 12, 5 b. Cf. wanfortune.]
Misfortune, mischance; bad luck.
| c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1225 Quhan on-fortone quhelmys the quheil, thair gais grace by. 1483 Caxton Cato g iij, Thys felawe mocqued..suche one now late of his unfortune and myserye. a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Ff iv, The calme seson moste sure, is the vigile of the more vnfortune. 1647 Hexham i. s.v., An unfortune that cold not be avoided. 1888 Stevenson Black Arrow 164 What unfortune [ye have had], ye have noways deserved. |