mischance

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. meschance, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French meschance, meschaunce.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/

Noun

mischance (countable and uncountable, plural mischances)

  1. 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.
  2. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:
      He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]

Verb

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  1. (transitive, intransitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).

Anagrams

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