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单词 mishappen
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mishappenv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈhap(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈhæp(ə)n/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and happen v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mishap n., -en suffix5, mis- prefix1, happen v.
Etymology: Originally < mishap n. + -en suffix5; in sense 2 perhaps independently < mis- prefix1 + happen v., although compare mishap v.
Now rare.
1. intransitive. To meet with mishap or misfortune, come to grief; = mishap v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] > suffer misfortune or a mishap
mishappenc1230
mishapc1385
mistidec1390
spill1390
misbetide?a1400
misfalla1400
mistime1402
misfortune?a1425
misbefallc1450
miscapea1535
mischancea1542
to come home by unhappinessc1555
mislucka1617
buy1825
pratfall1940
schlimazel1963
c1230 (?a1200) [implied in: Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 94 Þeos fondunge kimeþ..Of godd, as of freondes deað..pouerte, mishapnunge [?c1225 Cleo. Mishap, a1250 Titus Mishapninge, a1250 Nero mishep], & oþre swucche. (at mishappening n.)].
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 289 Boste & deignouse pride & ille avisement Mishapnes oftentide.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3454 (MED) Mane, amende thy mode, or thow myshappen.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 637/2 It is no wonder thoughe he myshappen, for he is ever quarellynge.
1824 J. Carlyle Let. 7 Mar. (1909) I. 342 Will you present my kindest regards to your Mother: is she recovered completely?.. If she mis-happen, que-deviendrez-vous!
2. intransitive. Of an event, impersonal, or with non-referential it as subject: to happen unfortunately (originally with dative of person affected); to occur by misfortune, to miscarry.In quot. 1994 involving syntactic wordplay and therefore a somewhat artificial use.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)]
mistideOE
misfall1340
mishapc1385
mishappenc1440
misfortune1466
mischance1552
misbefall1591
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3767 (MED) Oure men merkes them to, as them myshappenede.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 188 Whan any wole flee in to the skyes and afterward hapneth him to falle, other mishapneth.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 637/2 He that trusteth ever to happe it myshappeneth hym somtyme.
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle v. sig. Ciijv No euyl mishappened vnto hym therof.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C4v Affraid, least to themselues the like mishappen might.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 59 If ought should mishappen.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mesadvenir à, to mishappen, to succeed ill vnto.
1856 W. M. Thackeray Let. (1946) III. 551 We were brought up by our mishap—they are always mishappening here.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. ii. 48 If there anything mishappened to a foreigner.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 218 The obscure mishap mishappened before the pail was ever filled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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