malaccident

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mal- +‎ accident

Noun[edit]

malaccident (countable and uncountable, plural malaccidents)

  1. (archaic) A bad event happening by accident; mischance.
    • 1844, Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest, page 307:
      I rely much on His goodness who has always guarded me against malaccidents, that he will not permit me to fall into such a snare, and that He will preserve me in the good report of the world till the end of my career.
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