bad luckn.adj.int.

Brit.

/ˌbad ˈlʌk/, U.S.

/ˌbæd ˈlək/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bad adj., luck n.

Etymology: < bad adj. + luck n. Compare Middle French, French male fortune (see malfortune n.). Compare earlier good luck n.

A. n.

A combination of adverse circumstances or events occurring by chance; a person's apparent tendency to have ill fortune; misfortune.

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

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. i. sig. B.ii^v Thy mylk slopt vp, thy bacon filtched, that was to bad luck hodg.

1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose xvii. 143 He never had any designe that did not miscarry either by bad play or bad luck.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cxii. 105 Good Luck, and Bad Luck take their Turns.

1732 Phino-Godol 12 Damn it, cries Tom, what shall I do? Some curs'd bad Luck wou'd come I knew.

1797 Sporting Mag. Dec. 154/1 A woman of fashion, after losing her money, has sat writhing in all the agonies of bad luck.

1835 F. W. Thomas Clinton Bradshaw II. v. 116 I determined that I'd just pass by,—but, as bad luck would have it,..Miss Penelope was standing at her door.

1874 E. P. Roe Opening Chestnut Burr ii. 36 ‘Don't you know that robbin' a good man brings bad luck, you thunderin' fool?’ ‘But I've always had bad luck, so I needn't stop on that account,’ retorted Walter.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William viii. 166 ‘Crumbs!’ said William, ‘Talk about bad luck!’

1970 L. Robbins Evol. Mod. Econ. Theory 237 There was a good deal of bad luck involved.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 20/1 Betrayal, booze and bad luck put paid to any and every scheme.

B. adj. (attributive).

Usually hyphenated. That is considered to be unlucky or to bring misfortune; characterized by or portending misfortune.

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

1872 Oswestry Advertizer & Montgomeryshire Mercury 8 May 3/3 To break a branch was deemed a sin, A bad-luck job for neighbours.

1918 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 31 12 Placing the feet on the table is a bad-luck omen.

1954 Boys' Life Aug. 16/1 Ajaz was a ‘bad luck’ horse because of certain markings considered so in Arabia.

1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xxiii. 198 I'm beginning to think that damned team is a jinx... It's been a bad-luck team from the beginning.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 215 Why are there so many bad-luck things at once?

C. int.

Expressing (sometimes ironic) commiseration or dismay. Cf. hard luck int., good luck int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > expression of pity [interjection] > expression of commiseration

hard luck1726

bad luck1902

po po po1936

tsk1947

1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 598 ‘Oh, bad luck!’ he cried.

1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery i. vi. 58 They would be particularly careful during that match, continually saying: ‘Hooray! Oh! hard luck, old man!’ or ‘Hooray! Oh! bad luck, Dad!’ to each other, when some disaster at which their hearts bounded happened.

1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 13 I rang a school friend who had become part of a lesbian separatist community and told her I had a son. ‘Oh bad luck,’ she said.

2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 ‘Oh, bad luck, darling, bad luck!’ he cried, giving the young man a hug.

Phrases

P1. to be bad luck: (of an action, event, thing, etc.) to be a sign of ill fortune; to be inauspicious or unlucky. Usually with anticipatory it and infinitive as complement, as it is bad luck to.

ΚΠ

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 170 To plaie the cold prophet, as to recount it good or bad lucke, when salt or wine falleth on the table.

1658 H. Edmundson Comes Facundus in Via: Fellow-traveller 55 There is an old superstitious saying among common people, that if an Hare crosse the way it is bad luck, but if a Woolf it is good luck.

a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I. 72 He knew a wise old Saying, which maintain'd, That 'twas bad Luck to count what one had gain'd.

1831 Atlantic Souvenir 298 It is bad luck to put off a marriage.

1890 W. D. Howells Boy's Town 201 You must not kill a granddaddy-long-legs, or a lady-bug, was bad luck.

1957 M. Frank & B. Clark First Lady of Seeing Eye (1964) viii. 100 Any stupe knows it's bad luck to steal from a blind man!

1962 C. Ekwensi Burning Grass xxi. 150 Legend holds that the place where a man has died is bad luck.

2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 June d1/4 When we are about to lock a deal down, it's bad luck to high-five each other, because you might jinx it.

P2. Irish English. bad luck to ——: expressing ill will or hatred towards a specified person or thing.

ΚΠ

1761 Life & Extraordinary Hist. J. Taylor II. iii. 37 The Duke of Cumberland—augh bad Luck to his Breed.

1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 46 In Ireland, they have a vulgar expression, bad luck to you.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 427/2 Bad luck to the hour, and the day, and the old man, and the boat that first brought me among you!

1866 Blind Schoolmistress (Relig. Tract Soc.) 43 ‘Bad luck to her cold Saxon heart,’ said the Irishman.

1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal 299 Bad luck to him over again!.. And may the Divil anoint him as I'm hungry to anoint him with this stick.

2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 272 ‘Bad luck to him,’ she said.

P3. a run of bad luck: see luck n. Phrases 4c; seven years' bad luck: see luck n. Phrases 4e.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bad luck
释义	bad luckn.adj.int. Brit. /ˌbad ˈlʌk/, U.S. /ˌbæd ˈlək/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bad adj., luck n. Etymology: < bad adj. + luck n. Compare Middle French, French male fortune (see malfortune n.). Compare earlier good luck n. A. n. A combination of adverse circumstances or events occurring by chance; a person's apparent tendency to have ill fortune; misfortune. 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 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. i. sig. B.ii^v Thy mylk slopt vp, thy bacon filtched, that was to bad luck hodg. 1647 tr. G. Wishart Hist. Kings Affairs Scotl. under Montrose xvii. 143 He never had any designe that did not miscarry either by bad play or bad luck. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cxii. 105 Good Luck, and Bad Luck take their Turns. 1732 Phino-Godol 12 Damn it, cries Tom, what shall I do? Some curs'd bad Luck wou'd come I knew. 1797 Sporting Mag. Dec. 154/1 A woman of fashion, after losing her money, has sat writhing in all the agonies of bad luck. 1835 F. W. Thomas Clinton Bradshaw II. v. 116 I determined that I'd just pass by,—but, as bad luck would have it,..Miss Penelope was standing at her door. 1874 E. P. Roe Opening Chestnut Burr ii. 36 ‘Don't you know that robbin' a good man brings bad luck, you thunderin' fool?’ ‘But I've always had bad luck, so I needn't stop on that account,’ retorted Walter. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William viii. 166 ‘Crumbs!’ said William, ‘Talk about bad luck!’ 1970 L. Robbins Evol. Mod. Econ. Theory 237 There was a good deal of bad luck involved. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 20/1 Betrayal, booze and bad luck put paid to any and every scheme. B. adj. (attributive). Usually hyphenated. That is considered to be unlucky or to bring misfortune; characterized by or portending misfortune. 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 1872 Oswestry Advertizer & Montgomeryshire Mercury 8 May 3/3 To break a branch was deemed a sin, A bad-luck job for neighbours. 1918 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 31 12 Placing the feet on the table is a bad-luck omen. 1954 Boys' Life Aug. 16/1 Ajaz was a ‘bad luck’ horse because of certain markings considered so in Arabia. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xxiii. 198 I'm beginning to think that damned team is a jinx... It's been a bad-luck team from the beginning. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 215 Why are there so many bad-luck things at once? C. int. Expressing (sometimes ironic) commiseration or dismay. Cf. hard luck int., good luck int. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > expression of pity [interjection] > expression of commiseration hard luck1726 bad luck1902 po po po1936 tsk1947 1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 598 ‘Oh, bad luck!’ he cried. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery i. vi. 58 They would be particularly careful during that match, continually saying: ‘Hooray! Oh! hard luck, old man!’ or ‘Hooray! Oh! bad luck, Dad!’ to each other, when some disaster at which their hearts bounded happened. 1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 13 I rang a school friend who had become part of a lesbian separatist community and told her I had a son. ‘Oh bad luck,’ she said. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. 13 ‘Oh, bad luck, darling, bad luck!’ he cried, giving the young man a hug. Phrases P1. to be bad luck: (of an action, event, thing, etc.) to be a sign of ill fortune; to be inauspicious or unlucky. Usually with anticipatory it and infinitive as complement, as it is bad luck to. ΚΠ 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 170 To plaie the cold prophet, as to recount it good or bad lucke, when salt or wine falleth on the table. 1658 H. Edmundson Comes Facundus in Via: Fellow-traveller 55 There is an old superstitious saying among common people, that if an Hare crosse the way it is bad luck, but if a Woolf it is good luck. a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I. 72 He knew a wise old Saying, which maintain'd, That 'twas bad Luck to count what one had gain'd. 1831 Atlantic Souvenir 298 It is bad luck to put off a marriage. 1890 W. D. Howells Boy's Town 201 You must not kill a granddaddy-long-legs, or a lady-bug, was bad luck. 1957 M. Frank & B. Clark First Lady of Seeing Eye (1964) viii. 100 Any stupe knows it's bad luck to steal from a blind man! 1962 C. Ekwensi Burning Grass xxi. 150 Legend holds that the place where a man has died is bad luck. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 June d1/4 When we are about to lock a deal down, it's bad luck to high-five each other, because you might jinx it. P2. Irish English. bad luck to ——: expressing ill will or hatred towards a specified person or thing. ΚΠ 1761 Life & Extraordinary Hist. J. Taylor II. iii. 37 The Duke of Cumberland—augh bad Luck to his Breed. 1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 46 In Ireland, they have a vulgar expression, bad luck to you. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 427/2 Bad luck to the hour, and the day, and the old man, and the boat that first brought me among you! 1866 Blind Schoolmistress (Relig. Tract Soc.) 43 ‘Bad luck to her cold Saxon heart,’ said the Irishman. 1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal 299 Bad luck to him over again!.. And may the Divil anoint him as I'm hungry to anoint him with this stick. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 272 ‘Bad luck to him,’ she said. P3. a run of bad luck: see luck n. Phrases 4c; seven years' bad luck: see luck n. Phrases 4e. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.int.1575
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