unpropitiousnessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɪʃəsnəs/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈpɪʃəsnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpropitious adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < unpropitious adj. + -ness suffix, after propitiousness n. at propitious adj. Derivatives.

Lack of propitiousness; inauspiciousness, unfavourableness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character

contrariositya1340

badness1539

iniquity?c1550

naughtiness1550

thrawardness1567

perverseness1578

crossness1641

awkwardness1674

unhappiness1704

unpropitiousness1756

unfavourableness1765

untowardness1779

contrariousness1853

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [noun] > inauspiciousness

unluckiness1601

inauspiciousness1652

unpropitiousness1756

1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Odes ii. iv, in tr. Horace Wks. I. 91 She must be of royal race, and laments the unpropitiousness of her family Gods [L. penatis maeret iniquos].

1844 W. H. Smyth Cycle Celestial Objects II. 6 Had this been done, every notion of stellar unpropitiousness and malevolence must have vanished.

1886 West London Standard 16 Oct. 5/5 The attendance..was very good, considering the unpropitiousness of the earlier part of the evening.

1924 North-China Herald 21 June 447/5 The curate who attributed his failure to the unpropitiousness of the elements.

2008 V. Cox Women’s Writing in Italy, 1400–1650 vi. 204 As will hardly be surprising, given the unpropitiousness of the literary environment, the seventeenth century proved considerably less fertile a period for women's writing than had the sixteenth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpropitiousness
释义	unpropitiousnessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɪʃəsnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpropitious adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unpropitious adj. + -ness suffix, after propitiousness n. at propitious adj. Derivatives. Lack of propitiousness; inauspiciousness, unfavourableness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character contrariositya1340 badness1539 iniquity?c1550 naughtiness1550 thrawardness1567 perverseness1578 crossness1641 awkwardness1674 unhappiness1704 unpropitiousness1756 unfavourableness1765 untowardness1779 contrariousness1853 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [noun] > inauspiciousness unluckiness1601 inauspiciousness1652 unpropitiousness1756 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Odes ii. iv, in tr. Horace Wks. I. 91 She must be of royal race, and laments the unpropitiousness of her family Gods [L. penatis maeret iniquos]. 1844 W. H. Smyth Cycle Celestial Objects II. 6 Had this been done, every notion of stellar unpropitiousness and malevolence must have vanished. 1886 West London Standard 16 Oct. 5/5 The attendance..was very good, considering the unpropitiousness of the earlier part of the evening. 1924 North-China Herald 21 June 447/5 The curate who attributed his failure to the unpropitiousness of the elements. 2008 V. Cox Women’s Writing in Italy, 1400–1650 vi. 204 As will hardly be surprising, given the unpropitiousness of the literary environment, the seventeenth century proved considerably less fertile a period for women's writing than had the sixteenth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1756
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