misadventurousadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəs/

Forms: late Middle English mysauentrous, 1600s misaduenturouse, 1600s misadventrous, 1700s– misadventurous.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French mesaventureux ; misadventure n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: In quot. a1500 at main sense perhaps < Anglo-Norman mesaventureus, Middle French mesaventureux (1220 in Old French; < mesaventure misadventure n. + -eus -ous suffix); in later use probably independently < misadventure n. + -ous suffix. Compare disadventurous adj.

Unfortunate, unlucky; characterized by misadventure or misadventures.

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

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 114 Kepe þe fro vche mysauentrous [L. infortunato] man þat ys lesnyd of any membre.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxii. 180 He was..so unfortunately misadventrous in the Lot of his own Destiny, that [etc.].

a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. i. 94 The obstinacy, with which he was bent upon the search of his misadventurous adventures.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) xx. 201 A few misadventurous attempts to translate the arts and sciences into verse.

1884 Mind 9 587 Suffering from this misadventurous Parthian shot out of his final page.

1927 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 32 754 It remains to speak of what may be called the misadventurous class of aliens, who, after landing or entry, become subject to deportation or expulsion.

2000 Internat. Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 11 The misadventurous road to love..from her playground passion to her loss of virginity.

Derivatives

† misadventurously adv. Obsolete rare by misadventure; unfortunately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adverb] > by mischance

casuallyc1405

mishaply1485

misadventurously1632

1632 Earl of Strafford in R. Browning Life (1891) 300 I am hartely sorrye for him and for myself too, that..should thus misaduenturousely light vpon a man, that [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misadventurous
释义	misadventurousadj. Brit. /ˌmɪsədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌmɪsədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəs/ Forms: late Middle English mysauentrous, 1600s misaduenturouse, 1600s misadventrous, 1700s– misadventurous. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French mesaventureux ; misadventure n., -ous suffix. Etymology: In quot. a1500 at main sense perhaps < Anglo-Norman mesaventureus, Middle French mesaventureux (1220 in Old French; < mesaventure misadventure n. + -eus -ous suffix); in later use probably independently < misadventure n. + -ous suffix. Compare disadventurous adj. Unfortunate, unlucky; characterized by misadventure or misadventures. 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 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 114 Kepe þe fro vche mysauentrous [L. infortunato] man þat ys lesnyd of any membre. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxii. 180 He was..so unfortunately misadventrous in the Lot of his own Destiny, that [etc.]. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. i. 94 The obstinacy, with which he was bent upon the search of his misadventurous adventures. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) xx. 201 A few misadventurous attempts to translate the arts and sciences into verse. 1884 Mind 9 587 Suffering from this misadventurous Parthian shot out of his final page. 1927 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 32 754 It remains to speak of what may be called the misadventurous class of aliens, who, after landing or entry, become subject to deportation or expulsion. 2000 Internat. Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 11 The misadventurous road to love..from her playground passion to her loss of virginity. Derivatives † misadventurously adv. Obsolete rare by misadventure; unfortunately. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adverb] > by mischance casuallyc1405 mishaply1485 misadventurously1632 1632 Earl of Strafford in R. Browning Life (1891) 300 I am hartely sorrye for him and for myself too, that..should thus misaduenturousely light vpon a man, that [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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