单词 | infortunate |
释义 | infortunateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Subject to or marked by misfortune, unlucky; = unfortunate adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] unseelyOE ungraciousa1387 infortunatec1390 unhappy1390 haplessa1400 mischancefula1400 unfortunedc1403 infortuneda1413 maleurousa1460 infortunable?a1475 mal-infortunedc1475 unselc1480 mischanced1488 misadventurousa1500 unhap1509 misfortunate1510 mischancya1522 unuredc1525 maleureda1529 unlucky1530 unfortunate1548 luckless1563 unluckly1564 unfortunable1567 untoward1570 unable?1572 sinister1576 unsonsy1578 disaster1584 disastereda1586 disastrous1586 unweirdedc1590 wanhappy?1590 misbefallen1591 fortuneless1596 infelicious1598 misadventured1599 improsperous1602 untoward1632 unhandsome1640 ill-fated1715 donsie?1719 swarthy1756 infelicitous1835 bad luck1872 stiff1919 spooked1937 jinxed1972 c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. l. 3000* Yet was he nought infortunate. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 6063 The day in-fortunate that I was bore. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxixv O infortunate brother, for whose lyfe not one creatoure woulde make intercession. 1592 W. Harrowden Let. 18 Feb. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 110 Infortunatest peere of Parliament for pouertie that euer was. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxvi. 98 We eleven..seeing the infortunate success of our companions, could do nothing but weep and lament. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B2v He took up an unfortunate resolution that he would be Witty. Infortunate, I say, and no less criminal. 1701 tr. M. le Vassor Hist. Reign Lewis XIII III. x. 492 The Calumnies wherewith Luines and Monpouillon had blackened this imprudent and infortunate Princess in the mind of her Son. 1948 Folklore Stud. 7 16 The hat was said to keep away evils: in fact nothing infortunate happened. 2. a. Astrology. Of a planet, etc.: exercising a malign influence, malevolent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > unfortunate infortunatec1400 tortuous1594 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 Yit sein thise Astrolog[i]ens, that the assendent & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 204 Infortunat Ascendent tortuous Of which the lord is helplees falle allas Out of his angle in to the derkest hous. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 3499 (MED) Sum aspect cam from heuene doun, Infortunat, froward and ful off rage, Which ageyn kynde deyned this mariage. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things ii. 34 If both..the Sun and Moone be in the sixt house Infortunate, they that be then borne, without doubt wyll be blinde. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vii. ii. 305 Gods Word..before in this age of ours was (like an infortunate Planet) predominant ouer the Horoscope of our natiuities. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xxvii. 55 An infortunate Planet in the Ascendent..always afflicts the Head. 1702 W. Andrews News from Stars sig. C2 When the Moon shall be weakly posited at a Solar Ingress, and concerned in an ill Aspect with an infortunate Planet. 1988 J. D. North Chaucer's Universe 479 This crucial point escaped me when writing..[the article], and in there deriving a date in 1391 I assumed a current infortunate aspect between Venus and Saturn. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > causing or bringing misfortune unwealful1412 unluckful1542 infortunate1548 unluckly1564 unluckya1586 unfortunating1647 hoodoo1882 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > inauspicious perilousc1390 unlucky1519 unchancy1533 unhappy1533 infortunate1548 sinistrous?c1550 luckless1584 dismal1588 ominous1589 fatal1590 bad-bodinga1592 disastrous1598 inauspicious1599 black1604 naught1620 inauspicate1632 infaustous1656 infaust1658 ill-omened1685 black boding1743 wanchancy1768 oracular1820 inominous1832 widdershins1926 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. liij He..sore feared that it shoulde bee a pronosticacion or prodygall sygne of some infortunate plague afterward to succede. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Infortunate dayes to begyn any busynes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. 177 When they have had an infortunate dream. 1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Chiromancy in Wks. (1683) 555 When there appear Infortunate Signs in the First and Second Joynt, they mark out a Thief, and a very deceitful Person. 1784 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Astrol. (new ed.) ii. 296 If the infortunate signs signify the bottom or lower part of the ship, it presages drowning by means of some dangerous leak. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > unfortunate person infortunate?a1439 Jonah1612 unfortunate1683 misfortunera1774 misadventurer1886 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 3030 Sum onworthi, poore infortunat, That neuer were likli to rise to hih estat. c1525 W. Walter tr. G. Boccaccio Tytus & Gesyppus sig. C.ivv Truely my selfe..Slewe this man whiche was my companyon This infortunate slepynge there. 1675 tr. F. Alcafarado Discov. Isle Madera 13 Three dayes was death in killing so amiable an infortunate, she expiring with all manner of contrition and repentance. 1743 W. Moraley (title) The infortunate: or, the voyage and adventures of William Moraley. 1793 T. Thoughtless Fugitive of Folly p. xi Lucky Casualties may save one in an Hundred, but this disproportionate Majority of Infortunates, will generally be found, on Investigation of the Fact. 2. Astrology. An infortunate planet, star, etc.; = infortune n. 2. rare. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > causing or bringing misfortune > one who or that which foota1225 woea1300 infortunec1405 infortunate1558 jettatura1822 bad medicine1857 hoodoo1882 voodoo1902 jinx1911 mock1911 mocker1923 kiss of death1948 1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. xlii There be certain stars called infortunates, in their exaltacion, whose influence bringeth corruption to creatures. 1984 G. C. Noonan Classical Sci. Astrol. v. 131 A planet is at the height of its power when the following conditions are present:..Passing above the infortunates. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > quality or condition of infortunacya1500 unluckiness1556 unfortunateness1561 infortunateness1587 lucklessness1834 hoodooism1966 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) vii. viii. 174/1 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The death and buriall of Egelred, his wiues.., his infortunatenesse. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xiv. 76 When we dreame of Eagles flying over our heade, it portends infortunatenes. 1644 T. Juxon Jrnl. 9 Nov. (1999) (modernized text) 65 Though Waller were for fighting and Balfour not, they endeavour to render him the cause of it and ascribe it to his infortunateness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † infortunatev. Astrology. Obsolete. transitive. To subject (a person) to or cause (a planet) to be a malevolent influence; to render unfortunate. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > have befallen as a misfortune to [verb (transitive)] > render unfortunate infortunate1571 unfortunate1653 hoodoo1868 jonah1887 jinx1917 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xvii. f. 52 At the great coniunction in Cancer, lost this man his gouernement... Thus aboue his stocke and kindred aduanced, was at that time infortunated, and throwne into prison. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things i. 17 In whose Natiuitie Saturne or Mars is in the syxt house, or in the twelfth house infortunating the Lord of the sixt house. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 101v By his dreery influence, [Saturn] infortunateth any birth that shal then casually befall. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 110 Venus Lady of the sixth and infortunated by Mars, gives suspitions enough of the French pox. 1790 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Astrol. (new ed.) i. 18 Some heavenly influence that..fortunateth or infortunateth. 1896 J. Story Simmonite's Horary Astrol. (ed. 6) 97 If he be infortunated in the 12th,..then he is discontented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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