fortunateadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːtʃn̩ət/,

/ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nət/,

/ˈfɔːtjᵿnət/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrtʃ(ə)nət/

Forms: Also Middle English fortunat, Middle English fortenat.

Etymology: < Latin fortūnātus, < fortūnāre (see fortune v.).

a. Favoured by fortune; possessed of or receiving good fortune; lucky, prosperous. Said of persons; also, of an enterprise, event, etc. Const. to and infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune

eadilyOE

blessedc1175

selec1225

yblessed1297

fortunedc1374

fortunatec1386

happya1393

happenc1400

well-fortunedc1425

lucklyc1450

fortunablec1470

fortunousc1470

well-fortunate1474

richc1478

lucky?1510

comical?1569

well1577

propitious1581

felicious1599

auspicious1616

felicitous1641

bonifate1656

faust1676

weirdly1807

arsey1953

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Prol. 10 Whan a man..clymbeth vp and wexeth fortunat.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 115 He shall be..fortunate to marchandy.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 37 Wold God of myhte, I had be borne, by influence hevenly, So fortunate, that [etc.].

1514 Bainbridge in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 232 Which [enterprise] I shall besiche the blisside Trynitie to make fortunate.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 13 Their attempts more desperat..and their successe fortunater.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 35 I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 28 Nor was he very Fortunate in the election of those Dependants.

1705 J. Philips Blenheim 48 Burleigh (fortunate..to serve The best of Queens).

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 150 [He] was fortunate enough to save himself by flight.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 171 He..might think himself fortunate when [etc.].

in extended use.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 335 Authors who.. have written one or two pieces so facile in thought and fortunate in phrase as to be carried lightly in the memory.

b. Fortunate Islands n. (= Latin Fortunatæ Insulæ), fabulous isles of the Western Ocean, the abode of the blessed dead. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun]

heaveneOE

land of behesta1200

Cockaigne?c1335

Fortunate Islands?a1475

eutopia1553

utopia1601

horny gate (also port)1605

nonsucha1618

Americaa1631

El Dorado1788

other world1804

Cockneyland1817

cloud-cuckoo-land1824

Fiddler's Green1825

dreamland1832

Neverland1892

never-never land1900

Big Rock Candy Mountain1917

brave new world1933

Xanadu1948

Disneyland1956

ecotopia1975

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 321 The Yles Fortunate.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mj^v The fortunate Ilandes, otherwyse called the Ilandes of Canaria.

1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 273 Keepe his course towards the fortunate Ilands of Parmenes favour.

2. Bringing or presaging good fortune; auspicious, favourable, lucky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > auspicious

goodOE

fortunatec1400

luckyc1450

fortunablec1465

sonsyc1540

propitious1581

auspicate1603

auspicial1614

auspicious1616

well1633

silly1650

auspical1656

candid1715

well-omened1720

good luck1761

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 They wol caste þat thei haue a fortunat planete in hir assendent.

1548 Princess Elizabeth & J. Bale tr. Queen Margaret of Angoulême Godly Medytacyon Christen Sowle f. 14 Thu..also hast gyuen vnto me the ryght fortunate gifte of grace.

1676 W. Lilly Anima Astrologiæ 75 To consider in Nativities..if a Fortune fortunate, and no way afflicted, be in the seventh.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 20 Postumius..proclaming it to be a fortunate omen.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 68 Thursday and Friday are considered fortunate.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 154 It ought to be considered as a most fortunate circumstance that [etc.].

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 11 ‘This is fortunate’, she cries gaily.

a. absol. passing into a n. (See 3b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing

fortunate1655

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 60 The rich is more able to satisfie his desires,..yet the fortunate excells him.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 202. ⁋5 Each coming upon the same Errand, to know whether they were of the Fortunate in the Lottery.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 379 The fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world.

b. n. (with plural) A fortunate person or thing; esp. in Astrology a fortunate planet, sign, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > type of

starOE

birth star1550

ruler?1558

dominator1594

fortunate1615

prorogator1647

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing > fortunate person

Sunday daughtera1350

white hen1540

fortunateling1605

fortunate1615

lucky dog1682

Sunday child1800

tin-back1899

1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar v. i. sig. K2^v Search your Natiuitie: see if the Fortunates And Luminaries bee in a good Aspect.

1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 21 Marriage of all states Makes most unhappy, or most fortunates.

1894 W. B. Harte in Arena (Boston) June 3 The colony of fortunates whom Almighty God sent ready booted and spurred to ride over the millions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† fortunatev.

Forms: Also 1500s past participle fortunate.

Etymology: < Latin fortūnāt-, participial stem of fortūnāre : see fortune v. and -ate suffix³.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make fortunate, give good fortune to, prosper. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate

fortune14..

fortunatec1420

to set or sit high on the wheel1487

luck1530

fortunize1596

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 180 Let sowe hit on, and God hit fortunate.

1535 N. Shaxton Let. to Cromwell in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxi. 152 [I] shall rejoyce that God hath fortunate my writing.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 593/1 These petty braues thus giuen to the king, were farther fortunated with a little victory.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xxvii. 169 If the Lord of the third fortunate the Lord of the second..he will be assisted in procuring an Estate.

1792 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Occult Sci. (new ed.) 18 Some heavenly influence..that..fortunateth or infortunateth by mistake of words, signals, or acts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	fortunate
释义	fortunateadj.n. Brit. /ˈfɔːtʃn̩ət/, /ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nət/, /ˈfɔːtjᵿnət/, U.S. /ˈfɔrtʃ(ə)nət/ Forms: Also Middle English fortunat, Middle English fortenat. Etymology: < Latin fortūnātus, < fortūnāre (see fortune v.). 1. a. Favoured by fortune; possessed of or receiving good fortune; lucky, prosperous. Said of persons; also, of an enterprise, event, etc. Const. to and infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune eadilyOE blessedc1175 selec1225 yblessed1297 fortunedc1374 fortunatec1386 happya1393 happenc1400 well-fortunedc1425 lucklyc1450 fortunablec1470 fortunousc1470 well-fortunate1474 richc1478 lucky?1510 comical?1569 well1577 propitious1581 felicious1599 auspicious1616 felicitous1641 bonifate1656 faust1676 weirdly1807 arsey1953 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Prol. 10 Whan a man..clymbeth vp and wexeth fortunat. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 115 He shall be..fortunate to marchandy. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 37 Wold God of myhte, I had be borne, by influence hevenly, So fortunate, that [etc.]. 1514 Bainbridge in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 232 Which [enterprise] I shall besiche the blisside Trynitie to make fortunate. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 13 Their attempts more desperat..and their successe fortunater. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 35 I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 28 Nor was he very Fortunate in the election of those Dependants. 1705 J. Philips Blenheim 48 Burleigh (fortunate..to serve The best of Queens). 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 150 [He] was fortunate enough to save himself by flight. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 171 He..might think himself fortunate when [etc.]. in extended use.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 335 Authors who.. have written one or two pieces so facile in thought and fortunate in phrase as to be carried lightly in the memory. b. Fortunate Islands n. (= Latin Fortunatæ Insulæ), fabulous isles of the Western Ocean, the abode of the blessed dead. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] heaveneOE land of behesta1200 Cockaigne?c1335 Fortunate Islands?a1475 eutopia1553 utopia1601 horny gate (also port)1605 nonsucha1618 Americaa1631 El Dorado1788 other world1804 Cockneyland1817 cloud-cuckoo-land1824 Fiddler's Green1825 dreamland1832 Neverland1892 never-never land1900 Big Rock Candy Mountain1917 brave new world1933 Xanadu1948 Disneyland1956 ecotopia1975 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 321 The Yles Fortunate. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mj^v The fortunate Ilandes, otherwyse called the Ilandes of Canaria. 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 273 Keepe his course towards the fortunate Ilands of Parmenes favour. 2. Bringing or presaging good fortune; auspicious, favourable, lucky. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > auspicious goodOE fortunatec1400 luckyc1450 fortunablec1465 sonsyc1540 propitious1581 auspicate1603 auspicial1614 auspicious1616 well1633 silly1650 auspical1656 candid1715 well-omened1720 good luck1761 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 They wol caste þat thei haue a fortunat planete in hir assendent. 1548 Princess Elizabeth & J. Bale tr. Queen Margaret of Angoulême Godly Medytacyon Christen Sowle f. 14 Thu..also hast gyuen vnto me the ryght fortunate gifte of grace. 1676 W. Lilly Anima Astrologiæ 75 To consider in Nativities..if a Fortune fortunate, and no way afflicted, be in the seventh. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 20 Postumius..proclaming it to be a fortunate omen. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 68 Thursday and Friday are considered fortunate. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 154 It ought to be considered as a most fortunate circumstance that [etc.]. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 11 ‘This is fortunate’, she cries gaily. 3. a. absol. passing into a n. (See 3b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing fortunate1655 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 60 The rich is more able to satisfie his desires,..yet the fortunate excells him. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 202. ⁋5 Each coming upon the same Errand, to know whether they were of the Fortunate in the Lottery. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 379 The fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world. b. n. (with plural) A fortunate person or thing; esp. in Astrology a fortunate planet, sign, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > type of starOE birth star1550 ruler?1558 dominator1594 fortunate1615 prorogator1647 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing > fortunate person Sunday daughtera1350 white hen1540 fortunateling1605 fortunate1615 lucky dog1682 Sunday child1800 tin-back1899 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar v. i. sig. K2^v Search your Natiuitie: see if the Fortunates And Luminaries bee in a good Aspect. 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 21 Marriage of all states Makes most unhappy, or most fortunates. 1894 W. B. Harte in Arena (Boston) June 3 The colony of fortunates whom Almighty God sent ready booted and spurred to ride over the millions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fortunatev. Forms: Also 1500s past participle fortunate. Etymology: < Latin fortūnāt-, participial stem of fortūnāre : see fortune v. and -ate suffix³. Obsolete. transitive. To make fortunate, give good fortune to, prosper. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate fortune14.. fortunatec1420 to set or sit high on the wheel1487 luck1530 fortunize1596 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 180 Let sowe hit on, and God hit fortunate. 1535 N. Shaxton Let. to Cromwell in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxi. 152 [I] shall rejoyce that God hath fortunate my writing. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 593/1 These petty braues thus giuen to the king, were farther fortunated with a little victory. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xxvii. 169 If the Lord of the third fortunate the Lord of the second..he will be assisted in procuring an Estate. 1792 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Occult Sci. (new ed.) 18 Some heavenly influence..that..fortunateth or infortunateth by mistake of words, signals, or acts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1386v.c1420
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