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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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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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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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