fortunedadj.
/ˈfɔːtʃuːnd/, /ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nd/, /ˈfɔːtjuːnd/, U.S. /ˈfɔrtʃənd/ Now rare.
a. Having fortune (of a specified kind); †also, = fortunate (obsolete). Of an event: Characterized by a (specified) fortune.
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
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > predestined to a specific fate or lot
fortunedc1374
predestinatec1384
c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 180 My lady is..so wel fortuned and thewed.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. vv O fortuned men.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. iii He that is wel fortuned and happy.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 685 A fortonyt man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 25 The full-Fortun'd Cæsar. View more context for this quotation
1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. v. 202 The poisoning being, like Juliet's, a mere trick, though very differently fortuned.
b. Possessed of a ‘fortune’ or portion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]
richeOE
eadyOE
richfulc1300
plenteousc1350
wealthyc1380
wealthfula1400
wlouȝa1400
wellc1405
biga1425
goldedc1450
substantious1490
able1516
opulent?1518
substantive1543
strong1581
fat1611
juicy1627
fortuned1632
affluent1652
rhinocerical1688
rough1721
rowthy1792
golden1797
strong-handed1817
well-to-do1831
wealth-encumbered1844
nabobish1857
rhinoceral1860
ingoted1864
tinny1871
pocket-filled1886
oofy1896
nawabi1955
brewstered2001
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [adjective] > endowing > endowed
dotatec1540
well-endowed1570
fortuned1632
endowed1700
1632 J. Shirley Changes i. 3 This Gerard is a Gentleman of handsome parts, And they say fortun'd.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xl. 270 I..must go to him, and to his, as an obliged, and half-fortun'd person.
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