单词 | infortune |
释义 | infortunen. 1. a. Lack of good fortune, success, or prosperity; misfortune, bad luck. Now poetic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck un-i-limpOE unlimpc1175 mishap?c1225 unhap?c1225 mishappeningc1230 ames-ace?a1300 misadventure?a1300 ill hailc1300 misauntera1325 untiminga1325 miscasec1325 mischancec1325 misfall1340 misfarea1387 casec1390 infortunea1393 mishapping?a1400 unchancea1400 disadventurea1413 mischieving1432 infortuny?a1439 encumbermentc1440 misfortune1441 evil hail?c1450 malfortunea1470 unhappiness1470 maleurtee?1473 malheur?1473 evil health1477 unfortune1483 wanfortunea1500 disfortune1509 wanhap1513 ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518 mislucka1530 ill luck1548 unfortunacy?c1550 evilfare1556 unluck1556 hard luck1567 bad luck1575 miscasualty1588 disgrace1590 wanchance1599 disventure1612 misaccident1620 miscarriagec1625 hard lines1722 mishanter1754 malefit1755 miscanter1781 hard cheese1854 hard cheddar1893 schlimazel1911 tough luck1912 snake eyes1918 catch-arse1970 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2446 (MED) Riht as it with tho men stod Of infortune of worldes good..Riht so fulofte it stant be love. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1626 Þe worste kynde of Infortune is þis. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 913 Be sodeyn Caas Or in necessyte, Or infortunys froward violence. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxxx. f. cxlviiv/2 He shold take his Infortune in pacyence. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xx. sig. r.iiv A fyre by infortune rose vp sodeinly. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 88v Such was ye infortune of this miserable King Ferdinando, to fall so deepe and desperatly into the ire of God, that he was killed in the firste conflicte. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iii. 234 Our long-sustain'd infortune might be freed. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxiv. 262 For my greater infortune, the tempest cast my Brigandine upon the coast of this Country. 1799 W. Wennington tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Man of Nature xxvii. 239 Mary then wrote a letter to Fanny's uncle, wherein she implored him, by every thing sacred, to forebear plungeing her to the extreme of infortune. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. xiii. 254 This conjunction doth indeed promise success; but, methinks, that Saturn being combust, threatens danger and infortune to the party sent. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xv. 145 Strong Antethrigus, Whom gods, in so extreme infortune, cast. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck unsitheOE evila1300 mischiefa1325 illa1340 adversity1340 infortunea1393 infortunity1477 cladec1480 misfortunec1485 fortune1490 trouble?1521 stumble1547 infelicity1575 disgrace1622 unfortunacya1662 disgracia1740 miscanter1781 reversal1846 avalanche1850 rough spin1919 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3088 (MED) This infortune of double harm The goddes..Behielde. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 79 We haue had vpon the see so many infortunes by tempeste of windes. 1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) K iij b The lyfe whiche we lead here, is..subiecte to diseases, infortunes, and calamytyes. 1588 A. Munday tr. Palmerin D'Oliua sig. W3v My greatest ease consisteth in..remembraunce of passed infortunes. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 313 At this, the dream-spellers were divided in their divinations; some interpreting it a fortune, some an infortune. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 193 Such lines have the signification of infortunes, and sundry hurtfull falls. 1674 W. Charleton Nat. Hist. Passions 168 I have fallen into Errors, that have more dejected my spirit, than a long succession of infortunes could ever doe. 2. Astrology. A malevolent influence; the planet or aspect causing this; esp. either Saturn or Mars (more fully the greater infortune and the lesser infortune respectively). Cf. fortune n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > unfortunate infortuningc1400 infortunec1405 the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > malign shrewc1400 infortunec1405 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 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1163 Naught was forgeten by the Infortune of Marte. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things iv. 91 If thou dost finde the Moone seperate from Infortunes, (that is from an euyll Planette, or from an Infortunate Planette) tell him that his going is better then his tarying. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 81 Saturn out of all dignities..and Venus in the South-angle elevated above him..and free from the malevolent beams of infortunes. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 108 If the sign the Lord of the sixth possesseth, especially if he be an infortune, or a fortune infortunated. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. vi. 16 The Dragons Tail is..an Infortune signifying Mischiefs, Scandals, Shame. 1726 S. Penseyre New Guide Astrol. 167 An Infortune in the tenth or fourth House from the Ascendant of the Question, obscures the Matter or Things quesited after. 1788 H. Clarke School Candidates i. 11 On investigating the Seventh House of the Horoscope,..old Saturn, that malevolent and greater Infortune, [was] found therein. 1830 T. Oxley Celestial Planispheres 208 The lord of the first in the eighth, being naturally an Infortune and afflicted besides, &c. shews a violent Death. 1881 R. A. Proctor Poetry of Astron. viii. 278 Saturn, the greater Infortune, as Mars himself is the lesser Infortune, of Astrological systems. 1917 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 Oct. 10/6 Another set of ‘infortunes’ in affliction hold sway on this day, making it hazardous to make changes. 1930 PMLA 45 142 The planet Venus appeases the wrath of the infortune, Mars. 2003 Swiss News (Nexis) 1 Aug. 35 Whoever has been spared by Saturn—the Greater Infortune—might still become the prey of his smaller companion named Mars, the Lesser Infortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † infortunev. Obsolete. transitive. To cause misfortune to, to afflict; (Astrology) to cause (a planet) to have a malign influence. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 2879 (MED) It doth ther fame trouble, Infortuneth and clipseth ther noblesse, Whan a prynce is off his heste double. a1475 J. Shirley Death James (BL Add. 5467) in Miscellanea Scotica (1818) II. 20 (MED) The said Grame, seyng his Kyng and Soveran Lord ynfortuned with so much deseyse, angwesh, and sorowe, wold hafe so levyd. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle sig. Cviiv As infortuned I shall vse ye surplus of my lyfe in praynge our lorde that he wyll kepe thy ryght fayre yongth from all encomberaunce. 1651 N. Culpeper Semeiotica Uranica ii. xiii. 130 Though the Lord of the ascendent be a malevelent, it matters not, so he be direct, and not infortuned by house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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