单词 | well-fortunate |
释义 | † well-fortunateadj. Obsolete. Favoured by fortune; lucky or successful in life. Cf. well-fortuned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune eadilyOE blessedc1175 selec1225 yblessed1297 fortunedc1374 fortunatec1386 happya1393 happenc1400 well-fortunedc1425 lucklyc1450 fortunablec1470 fortunousc1470 well-fortunate1474 richc1478 lucky?1510 comical?1569 well1577 propitious1581 felicious1599 auspicious1616 felicitous1641 bonifate1656 faust1676 weirdly1807 arsey1953 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 That kynge is not well fortunat that leseth hym to whom his Auctoryte delegate apperteyneth, who..was prouisour of alle the royame. 1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 34 The well fortunate and sawge Capetayn, the yerle of Surrey. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 580 Thou seest thy selfe to be well Fortunate. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. 92 O age well thriuen and well fortunate, When ech man hath a Muse appropriate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1474 |
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