unhap

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English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English unhap, onhap, equivalent to un- (lack of) +‎ hap (fortune).

Noun

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unhap (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Ill luck; misfortune.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unhap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Equivalent to un- (lack of) +‎ hap (luck).

Noun

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unhap (plural unhappes)

  1. misfortune, ill luck

Descendants

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  • English: unhap

References

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