单词 | to be a haphazard |
释义 | > as lemmasto be a haphazard ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > haphazardness or randomness > a matter of mere chance lottery1585 haphazard1594 lucky bag1788 Russian roulette1937 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §3. 298 If the generation take not effect at the first comming, it is a great hap hazard, but that at the second a female shalbe begotten. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 296 How many events..seem to persons ignorant of those Counsels to be a hap-hazard. 1846 Evangelical Repository (Philadelphia) May 586 The repeating tune re-chimes always the same lines of each stanza, so that it is a hap-hazard if it should hit the (supposed) emphatic sentiment. < as lemmas |
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