unhap

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unhap, onhap, equivalent to un- (“lack of”) +‎ hap (“fortune”).

Noun

unhap (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Ill luck; misfortune.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unhap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to un- (“lack of”) +‎ hap (“luck”).

Noun

unhap (plural unhappes)

  1. misfortune, ill luck

Descendants

  • English: unhap

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