† happy-be-luckyadv.

Forms: see happy adj. and be v. and lucky adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., be v., lucky adj.

Etymology: < happy adj. + be v. + lucky adj. Compare later happy-go-lucky adv.

Obsolete.

= happy-go-lucky adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly

into uncertain1382

uncertainlya1387

at adventure (also adventures)c1390

at or on six and sevena1398

auntersa1450

at all adventure (also adventures)1485

by hab or by nab1530

at rovers (rarely rover)c1531

hab or nab1542

hitty-missy1553

rovingly1583

haphazard1600

random1619

unsight, unseena1627

happy-be-lucky1633

cross and pile1648

temerariously1669

happy-go-lucky1672

à tort et à travers1749

randomly1765

chance-medley1822

haphazardly1832

willy-nilly1908

by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 40 We must goe forward: happy be luckie.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. x Happy be lucky, 'tis all a case.

1836 F. Sullivan Jrnl. 12 Sept. in G. Lyster Family Chron. (1908) 122 Through Cappoquin, over the bridge, round the corner, down the street, we galloped à coup perdu, slap-dash, happy-be-lucky, helter-skelter!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	happy-be-lucky
释义	† happy-be-luckyadv. Forms: see happy adj. and be v. and lucky adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., be v., lucky adj. Etymology: < happy adj. + be v. + lucky adj. Compare later happy-go-lucky adv. Obsolete. = happy-go-lucky adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 40 We must goe forward: happy be luckie. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. x Happy be lucky, 'tis all a case. 1836 F. Sullivan Jrnl. 12 Sept. in G. Lyster Family Chron. (1908) 122 Through Cappoquin, over the bridge, round the corner, down the street, we galloped à coup perdu, slap-dash, happy-be-lucky, helter-skelter! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1633
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