misluck

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English

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Etymology

From mis- +‎ luck.

Pronunciation

Noun

misluck (uncountable)

  1. Ill luck; misfortune.
    • 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

Verb

misluck (third-person singular simple present mislucks, present participle mislucking, simple past and past participle mislucked)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To have ill luck; to be unlucky.

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