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WANCHANCY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
wan·chancy. wänˈchan(t)sē chiefly Scottish. : ill-fated, mischievous .
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WANCHANCY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Wanchancy definition: unlucky. See examples of WANCHANCY used in a sentence.
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WANCHANCY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
adjective Scottish 1. unlucky 2. dangerous; risky 3. uncanny; eerie Compare unchancy Collins English Dictionary.
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wanchancy
wanchancy, a. Sc. (now literary). (wɑnˈtʃansɪ) Also -cie. [f. prec. + -y. Cf. unchancy a.] Unlucky, dangerous; also, eerie, uncanny.1768 Ross Helenore etc. Rock & wee pickle Tow 60 A mutchkin of linseed I'd in the yerd fling, For a' the wan chansie [1789 wanchansy] beginning o't. a 1774 Fergusson Mu...
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wanchancy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
wanchancy (comparative more wanchancy, superlative most wanchancy). (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Unlucky; unchancy. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Wicked.
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wanchancy, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective wanchancy is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for wanchancy is from 1768, in the writing of Alexander Ross, ...
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unchancy
unˈchancy, a. Chiefly Sc. [un-1 7. Cf. wanchancy a.] 1. Ill-omened, ill-fated, unfortunate.1533 Bellenden Livy ii. iv. (S.T.S.) I. 142 Sen his hous was vnchancy, & his son dede. 1536 ― Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 468 The lordis thocht that Johne was ane unchancy name to be ane king. 1589 Warner Alb. Eng....
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SND :: wanchancy - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
It's an unco life to be a sailor — a cauld, wanchancy life.Cai. 1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 8: 'E creeter ...
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"WANCHANCY": Full of misfortune; unlucky, precarious - OneLook
▸ adjective: (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Unlucky; unchancy. ▸ adjective: (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Wicked. Similar: unchancy, chanceful, ...
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wanchancy Related Words - Merriam-Webster
Words related to wanchancy: unlucky, hapless, uncanny, unhappy, unlikely, luckless, ungainly, unfortunate, waugh, forlorn, graceless.
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Wanchancy Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Wanchancy definition: (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Unlucky; unchancy.
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How to Pronounce Wanchancy - YouTube
This video shows you how to pronounce Wanchancy.
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wan- (wɒn) a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un-1 or mis-), repr. OE. wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to OFris. wan-, won-, OS. wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = OE. wansceaft), MLG., MDu. wan- (mod.Du. in many new formations, esp. in the sense ‘wrong’, ‘mis-’, as i...
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