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单词 malheur
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malheurn.

Forms: late Middle English maleheure, late Middle English maleure, late Middle English–1500s malure, 1600s maleheur, 1600s malheure, 1600s–1800s malheur; Scottish pre-1700 maleur, pre-1700 malheur, pre-1700 malhour, pre-1700 malhoure, pre-1700 malhure, pre-1700 malleur, pre-1700 mallure, pre-1700 malour, pre-1700 maloure, pre-1700 malure.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French malheur.
Etymology: < Middle French maleur, malheur (12th cent. in Old French; French malheur ) < mal evil (see mal- prefix) + eur eure n.The -h- of Middle French, French malheur is after French heure hour n. Probably never fully naturalized in English.
Obsolete.
Misfortune.
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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
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 244v I haue maleure and myshappe.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 133v Yf my maleheure and mysauenture renne vpon me.
1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xvi. 3 The mornyng and the grit mallure Can nane devyne.
1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 358/2 I wofull wight full of malure, Am worse than dead.
1602 J. Cecil in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 206 We recurred to God and our blessed ladye that they woulde diverte this malheure from vs.
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 73 Ay, 'tis long of you that this Malheur is fall'n upon me.
1682 C. Irvine Historiæ Scoticæ Nomenclatura Ded. *vj b Seldome ever any Maleheur befell them.
1770 R. Fitzpatrick Let. 28 Aug. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 396 I am heartily sorry for your malheur.
1792 Elvina II. 65 I had no opportunity to acquaint her with my malheur.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 5–6 July (1946) III. 60 The malheur is, that because it is a needless job..it is most likely I shall be at it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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