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单词 unluck
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unluckn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌk/, U.S. /ˌənˈlək/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and luck n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, luck n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + luck n. Compare earlier unluckful adj., unluckily adv., unluckly adv., unlucky adj., and also unluckiness n. Compare also wanluck n.Compare Old Frisian unluk, Middle Low German unlucke ( > Old Danish ulykkæ (Danish ulykke), and perhaps also Old Icelandic úlukka, úlykka, Old Swedish olykka, olykke (Swedish olycka)), and (with prefixed base) Old Frisian ungeluk (West Frisian ûngelok), Middle Dutch ongheluc, ongeluc (Dutch ongeluk), Middle Low German ungelucke, Middle High German ungelucke, ungelücke (German Unglück).
Bad luck, misfortune; unluckiness.Earliest as a count noun.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck
un-i-limpOE
unlimpc1175
mishap?c1225
unhap?c1225
mishappeningc1230
ames-ace?a1300
misadventure?a1300
ill hailc1300
misauntera1325
untiminga1325
miscasec1325
mischancec1325
misfall1340
misfarea1387
casec1390
infortunea1393
mishapping?a1400
unchancea1400
disadventurea1413
mischieving1432
infortuny?a1439
encumbermentc1440
misfortune1441
evil hail?c1450
malfortunea1470
unhappiness1470
maleurtee?1473
malheur?1473
evil health1477
unfortune1483
wanfortunea1500
disfortune1509
wanhap1513
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
mislucka1530
ill luck1548
unfortunacy?c1550
evilfare1556
unluck1556
hard luck1567
bad luck1575
miscasualty1588
disgrace1590
wanchance1599
disventure1612
misaccident1620
miscarriagec1625
hard lines1722
mishanter1754
malefit1755
miscanter1781
hard cheese1854
hard cheddar1893
schlimazel1911
tough luck1912
snake eyes1918
catch-arse1970
1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. N7 The fortune that vnto her ennemys makes to seake the onlockes [Sp. desgracias].
?1575 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Reuelatio Dei viii. f. 15v To inherit all Vnluck, Death, Hell, and Condemnation, in the hellish Fire, rather then that same louelie Beeinge of God.
1661 W. Howell Inst. Gen. Hist. iii. ix. 718 When he made the accustomed prayers in the Capitol for prosperous successe, they spoke of unluck auspicia and prodigies which had hapned.
1795 E. Wynne Diary 16 Jan. (1937) II. ii. 12 This feast has great many misfortunes we have every day more unluck.
1838 Cruikshank's Comic Almanack i. 142 Last Friday was a notable instance of my unluck.
1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 94 That bad management..might have something to do with the unluck of his stock.
1922 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 30 July 10/8 The unluck of being caught in the face by a flying spider's thread when going on a journey.
1962 J. Clavell King Rat i. viii. 103 Now they were all steeped in unluck.
2012 Border Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Sport section) 47 That's just the unluck of the draw.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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