单词 | misadventurer |
释义 | misadventurern. A person who meets misadventure. Also: one who undertakes or is involved in misadventures. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > unfortunate person infortunate?a1439 Jonah1612 unfortunate1683 misfortunera1774 misadventurer1886 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge xli, in Graphic 8 May 509/3 His mood was no longer that of the rebellious, ironical, reckless misadventurer. 1899 F. H. Severance Old Trails Niagara Frontier 208 Our misadventurer was shifted from one [backwoods prison] to another. 1931 California Hist. Nugget 3 123 (title) John Charles Frémont, adventurer and misadventurer. 1986 Time (Nexis) 29 Dec. 20 Managua now had a brand new Yanqui misadventurer to deal with. 2000 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 2 July h3 Ecstasy-dropping fun-loving misadventurers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886 |
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