unluckinessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌkɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈləkinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s vnluckynes, 1500s–1600s unluckinesse, 1500s–1600s vnluckines, 1500s–1600s vnluckinesse, 1600s unluckines, 1600s unluckyness, 1600s unlukinesse, 1600s vnluckiness, 1600s– unluckiness.

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

Etymology: < unlucky adj. + -ness suffix, after luckiness n. Compare unluck n.

1. The condition or fact of having or experiencing bad luck or (in earlier use) a lack of success or prosperity; lack of luck, misfortune (in some enterprise). Also: unfortunate or regrettable nature or quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > quality or condition of

infortunacya1500

unluckiness1556

unfortunateness1561

infortunateness1587

lucklessness1834

hoodooism1966

1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. G iv For the unluckinesse of the countrey the rest of Popes haue sith refused that any general counsail should be kept in Germany.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Uvij^v You haue better declared the vnluckinesse of yonge men, then the happynesse of olde menn.

1619 W. Wiseman Christian Knight 67 Sorrow, and vnluckinesse goe with him, because he would not know the way of peace.

1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen Pref. sig. A5^v Although I had been unlucky..yet I my own self caused that unluckyness.

1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 452 A piece of unluckiness of yours which has disappointed and mortified me.

1782 R. B. Sheridan Let. 26 May (1966) I. 150 You will find Rodney has taken some more ships. The unluckiness of his recal[l], I think, appears to increase in its ill effect.

1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 212 My unluckiness seemed in exact proportion to my carefulness in any matter.

1870 Times 3 Jan. 5/1 It is difficult to understand by what degree of apathy, or what unluckiness of mismanagement, such a result was allowed to come to pass.

1940 New Castle (Pa.) News 18 Sept. 4/2 Unluckiness in love looms only for the few lads who may wed solely to escape a draft.

2014 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) (Nexis) 15 Dec. 31 ‘It's the unluckiness of this club,’ he said. ‘We've only got 13 or 14 players as it stands now.’

2. The quality of (being regarded as) bringing or presaging bad luck; inauspiciousness.

ΘΚΠ

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

unluckiness1601

inauspiciousness1652

unpropitiousness1756

1601 J. Chamber Treat. against Iudicial Astrol. xx. 111 The opinion of the vnluckinesse of Saturne seemeth to haue beene verie ancient.

1668 H. Savage Balliofergus xxxvii. 84 These misfortunes some have ascrib'd to the unluckiness of the place, it being never known that any Man thrived upon it.

1727 tr. Plutarch Lives III. 420 The strange Damp and Despondency that seiz'd his Army at the Unluckiness of the Omen.

1744 Universal Hist. (new ed.) III. ii. ii. 254 After Epidamnus fell under the jurisdiction of the Romans, they are said to have changed its name into Dyrrachium, on account of the unluckiness of its former appellation.

1835 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders I. 65/1 The luckiness or unluckiness of a First Foot.

1897 E. W. B. Nicholson Golspie 67 A belief in the unluckiness of Friday.

1935 Nevada State Jrnl. 4 Nov. 5/4 Because of their reputed unluckiness the Empress Eugenie refused to wear an opal.

2014 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 28 Feb. This year marks the 13th installment of the series, and many allusions were made to the presumed unluckiness of that number.

†3. Disagreeable or unkind nature or character; maliciousness; tendency to (unpleasant) mischief. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [noun] > tendency to

unluckiness1605

1605 W. C. tr. C. Paschal False Complaints xxix. 228 Neither dooth the memory of an vngratefull person so much faile him, as his vnluckinesse, malitiousnesse, and dissembling ouerruleth him.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. sig. b8^v The workers seem lessened by the unluckiness of the slur, That English-men can do by their own Hands, what they can't speak in their own Tongues.

?1710 Man's Treachery to Woman (ed. 4) i. 43 My Plague of a Husband had been in my Room, and that it must be his Unluckiness to put this Barbarous Trick upon me.

1799 C. Smith Minor Morals (ed. 2) I. vi. 131 Innocent playfulness, even a little of what is called unluckiness in boys,..may be more than tolerated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unluckiness
释义	unluckinessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈləkinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s vnluckynes, 1500s–1600s unluckinesse, 1500s–1600s vnluckines, 1500s–1600s vnluckinesse, 1600s unluckines, 1600s unluckyness, 1600s unlukinesse, 1600s vnluckiness, 1600s– unluckiness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unlucky adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unlucky adj. + -ness suffix, after luckiness n. Compare unluck n. 1. The condition or fact of having or experiencing bad luck or (in earlier use) a lack of success or prosperity; lack of luck, misfortune (in some enterprise). Also: unfortunate or regrettable nature or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > quality or condition of infortunacya1500 unluckiness1556 unfortunateness1561 infortunateness1587 lucklessness1834 hoodooism1966 1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. G iv For the unluckinesse of the countrey the rest of Popes haue sith refused that any general counsail should be kept in Germany. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Uvij^v You haue better declared the vnluckinesse of yonge men, then the happynesse of olde menn. 1619 W. Wiseman Christian Knight 67 Sorrow, and vnluckinesse goe with him, because he would not know the way of peace. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen Pref. sig. A5^v Although I had been unlucky..yet I my own self caused that unluckyness. 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 452 A piece of unluckiness of yours which has disappointed and mortified me. 1782 R. B. Sheridan Let. 26 May (1966) I. 150 You will find Rodney has taken some more ships. The unluckiness of his recal[l], I think, appears to increase in its ill effect. 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 212 My unluckiness seemed in exact proportion to my carefulness in any matter. 1870 Times 3 Jan. 5/1 It is difficult to understand by what degree of apathy, or what unluckiness of mismanagement, such a result was allowed to come to pass. 1940 New Castle (Pa.) News 18 Sept. 4/2 Unluckiness in love looms only for the few lads who may wed solely to escape a draft. 2014 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) (Nexis) 15 Dec. 31 ‘It's the unluckiness of this club,’ he said. ‘We've only got 13 or 14 players as it stands now.’ 2. The quality of (being regarded as) bringing or presaging bad luck; inauspiciousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [noun] > inauspiciousness unluckiness1601 inauspiciousness1652 unpropitiousness1756 1601 J. Chamber Treat. against Iudicial Astrol. xx. 111 The opinion of the vnluckinesse of Saturne seemeth to haue beene verie ancient. 1668 H. Savage Balliofergus xxxvii. 84 These misfortunes some have ascrib'd to the unluckiness of the place, it being never known that any Man thrived upon it. 1727 tr. Plutarch Lives III. 420 The strange Damp and Despondency that seiz'd his Army at the Unluckiness of the Omen. 1744 Universal Hist. (new ed.) III. ii. ii. 254 After Epidamnus fell under the jurisdiction of the Romans, they are said to have changed its name into Dyrrachium, on account of the unluckiness of its former appellation. 1835 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders I. 65/1 The luckiness or unluckiness of a First Foot. 1897 E. W. B. Nicholson Golspie 67 A belief in the unluckiness of Friday. 1935 Nevada State Jrnl. 4 Nov. 5/4 Because of their reputed unluckiness the Empress Eugenie refused to wear an opal. 2014 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 28 Feb. This year marks the 13th installment of the series, and many allusions were made to the presumed unluckiness of that number. †3. Disagreeable or unkind nature or character; maliciousness; tendency to (unpleasant) mischief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [noun] > tendency to unluckiness1605 1605 W. C. tr. C. Paschal False Complaints xxix. 228 Neither dooth the memory of an vngratefull person so much faile him, as his vnluckinesse, malitiousnesse, and dissembling ouerruleth him. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. sig. b8^v The workers seem lessened by the unluckiness of the slur, That English-men can do by their own Hands, what they can't speak in their own Tongues. ?1710 Man's Treachery to Woman (ed. 4) i. 43 My Plague of a Husband had been in my Room, and that it must be his Unluckiness to put this Barbarous Trick upon me. 1799 C. Smith Minor Morals (ed. 2) I. vi. 131 Innocent playfulness, even a little of what is called unluckiness in boys,..may be more than tolerated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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