mischance
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mischance (plural mischances)
- Bad luck, misfortune.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:
- But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:
- A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
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1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy, 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, II.3.3:
- He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]
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Verb[edit]
mischance (third-person singular simple present mischances, present participle mischancing, simple past and past participle mischanced)
- (transitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).