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‖ malheur Obs. Also 5 maleheure, maleure, malure, 6 mallure, 7 malheure, maleheur. [Fr., earlier maleur, f. mal evil + eur fortune:—L. augurium augury.] Misfortune.
1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) I. 268 Yf my maleheure and mysauenture renne vpon me. Ibid. II. 490, I haue maleure and myshappe. a1500Chaucer's Dream 601, I wofull wight full of malure, Am worse than dead. 1560A. Scott Poems xvi. 3 The mornyng and the grit mallure Can nane devyne. 1602J. Cecil in Archpriest Controv. (Camden) II. 206 We recurred to God and our blessed ladye that they woulde diverte this malheure from vs. 1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode v. i, Ay, 'tis long of you that this Malheur is fall'n upon me. 1682C. Irvine Hist. Scott. Nomencl. Ded. *vj b, Seldome ever any Maleheur befell them. 1770Fitzpatrick in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) II. 396, I am heartily sorry for your malheur. 1792Elvina II. 65, I had no opportunity to acquaint her with my malheur. |