misluck
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- misluk (Scotland)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]misluck (uncountable)
- Ill luck; misfortune.
- Synonyms: mischance, unluck; see also Thesaurus:bad luck
- 1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature:
- [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.
- 2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English:
- If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.
- 2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues:
- Your belief is true and justified, but not knowledge. In this case you're unlucky enough to be driving through a neighborhood beset by deceptive appearances, but this misluck is corrected by your just.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]misluck (third-person singular simple present mislucks, present participle mislucking, simple past and past participle mislucked)
- (intransitive, archaic) To have ill luck; to be unlucky.
References
[edit]- “misluck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.