单词 | goodhap |
释义 | goodhapn. Now rare. Good fortune. Cf. mishap n. 1.Much less common than mishap, and than good hap as a two-word noun phrase. In many cases probably simply a respelling of good hap on the model of mishap with the stress still on hap. Typically somewhat archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune hapc1225 whatec1330 fortune1390 felicity1393 good luck1481 lucka1500 Lady Lucka1535 happiness1540 goodhap1557 faustity1656 serendipity1754 kokum1851 bonanza1878 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Epist. By him..sadnes [is] made glad, mishap goodhap. 1575 G. Harvey Common-pl. Bk. (1884) 148 I did think it mie great goodhap that [etc.]. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. 503 An act more holy, and coupled with iustice and goodhap. 1774 J. White Charles & Teresa xlix. 222 If I had the good-hap to live some fifteen hundred years earlier, I would certainly be one of the augurs and prophets. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 75 What goodhap or increase From that ill night shall ever come? 1912 W. N. Guthrie Vital Study of Lit. 139 Some fate, genius, imp of ill luck, sprite of goodhap, whim of dame fortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1557 |
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