ill-starredadj.

/ˈɪlˈstɑːd/

Etymology: < ill adj. + star n.¹ + -ed suffix².

a. Born under, or having one's fortunes governed by, an evil star (according to astrological belief); unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune

fatal1509

ill-starreda1616

foredoomed1700

ill-fated1713

weirdless1821

ill-bestarreda1834

snake-bit1942

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) v. ii. 279 How dost thou looke now? Oh ill-Starr'd wench, Pale as thy Smocke.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 31 Ill-starr'd birds, that, listening, not admir'd.

1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 268 That ill-starred prince.

b. transferred. Of actions, etc.: Disastrous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > calamitous or disastrous

unholda1350

blacka1387

unhappyc1386

mischievousc1390

mischieffula1400

tragicalc1525

tragic1533

calamitous1545

mistempered1570

disadventurous1590

ominous1594

dismal1599

disastrous1601

ill-starredc1704

disventurousa1739

catastrophal1842

c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 593 A useless sorrow, and an ill-starr'd love.

1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods I. x. 218 He has had much ill-luck in life; but the worstdd.that can befall any man, was an ill-starred marriage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ill-starred
释义	ill-starredadj. /ˈɪlˈstɑːd/ Etymology: < ill adj. + star n.¹ + -ed suffix². a. Born under, or having one's fortunes governed by, an evil star (according to astrological belief); unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune fatal1509 ill-starreda1616 foredoomed1700 ill-fated1713 weirdless1821 ill-bestarreda1834 snake-bit1942 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) v. ii. 279 How dost thou looke now? Oh ill-Starr'd wench, Pale as thy Smocke. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 31 Ill-starr'd birds, that, listening, not admir'd. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 268 That ill-starred prince. b. transferred. Of actions, etc.: Disastrous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > calamitous or disastrous unholda1350 blacka1387 unhappyc1386 mischievousc1390 mischieffula1400 tragicalc1525 tragic1533 calamitous1545 mistempered1570 disadventurous1590 ominous1594 dismal1599 disastrous1601 ill-starredc1704 disventurousa1739 catastrophal1842 c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 593 A useless sorrow, and an ill-starr'd love. 1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods I. x. 218 He has had much ill-luck in life; but the worstdd.that can befall any man, was an ill-starred marriage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1616
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