goodhap

English

Alternative forms

• good-hap, good hap

Etymology

Univerbation of good +‎ hap.

Noun

goodhap (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Good hap, good fortune.

   Antonym: mishap

   • 1831, Ludwig Tieck, The Old Man of the Mountain:

     […] look you, this must bring mishap or goodhap to the man who sets such a sight of things a-going; […]

Translations

Translations

• French: bonheur (fr) m

References

• “goodhap”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.