mischancyadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈtʃɑːnsi/,

/ˌmɪsˈtʃansi/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈtʃænsi/,

/ˌmɪʃˈtʃænsi/

Forms: 1800s mischancey, 1800s– mischancy, 1800s– mischauncy (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 myschancy, 1700s– mischancy; Irish English 1800s– mischancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mischance n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mischance n. + -y suffix¹. Compare chancy adj.

Originally: unlucky; unfortunate (chiefly Scottish and Irish English). Now usually: subject to (mis)chance; risky, dubious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]

unseelyOE

ungraciousa1387

infortunatec1390

unhappy1390

haplessa1400

mischancefula1400

unfortunedc1403

infortuneda1413

maleurousa1460

infortunable?a1475

mal-infortunedc1475

unselc1480

mischanced1488

misadventurousa1500

unhap1509

misfortunate1510

mischancya1522

unuredc1525

maleureda1529

unlucky1530

unfortunate1548

luckless1563

unluckly1564

unfortunable1567

untoward1570

unable?1572

sinister1576

unsonsy1578

disaster1584

disastereda1586

disastrous1586

unweirdedc1590

wanhappy?1590

misbefallen1591

fortuneless1596

infelicious1598

misadventured1599

improsperous1602

untoward1632

unhandsome1640

ill-fated1715

donsie?1719

swarthy1756

infelicitous1835

bad luck1872

stiff1919

spooked1937

jinxed1972

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. vii. 137 His freind and fallow deyr That sa myschancy was.

1745 Scots Mag. June 275 Our wint'rings too, will drown in bogs and glens, Fa' o'er high crags, and get mischancy ends.

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 637 Country Laird, attracted from afar, With some mischancy Writer to engage.

1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xvii. 307 Circumstances were mischancey with Mr. Nogo.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. xix. 211 If ever I should be so mischancy as to last so long as Ghysbrecht did.

1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 48 But aft they [sc. flowers] were, in some mischancy 'oor, A' blaadit by the cranreuch an' the snaw.

1949 Scots Mag. Jan. 165 Farming on the Isla is now a most mischancy business.

1956 Amer. Econ. Rev. 46 47 If one compares the total apparent consumption of raw materials in the United States with deflated gross national product.., though this is a mischancy procedure, [etc.].

1994 Interzone Nov. 31/2 It's a mischancy business introducing gallows humour into a job interview, even for [a] crematorium boilerman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mischancy
释义	mischancyadj. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈtʃɑːnsi/, /ˌmɪsˈtʃansi/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtʃænsi/, /ˌmɪʃˈtʃænsi/ Forms: 1800s mischancey, 1800s– mischancy, 1800s– mischauncy (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 myschancy, 1700s– mischancy; Irish English 1800s– mischancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mischance n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mischance n. + -y suffix¹. Compare chancy adj. Originally: unlucky; unfortunate (chiefly Scottish and Irish English). Now usually: subject to (mis)chance; risky, dubious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] unseelyOE ungraciousa1387 infortunatec1390 unhappy1390 haplessa1400 mischancefula1400 unfortunedc1403 infortuneda1413 maleurousa1460 infortunable?a1475 mal-infortunedc1475 unselc1480 mischanced1488 misadventurousa1500 unhap1509 misfortunate1510 mischancya1522 unuredc1525 maleureda1529 unlucky1530 unfortunate1548 luckless1563 unluckly1564 unfortunable1567 untoward1570 unable?1572 sinister1576 unsonsy1578 disaster1584 disastereda1586 disastrous1586 unweirdedc1590 wanhappy?1590 misbefallen1591 fortuneless1596 infelicious1598 misadventured1599 improsperous1602 untoward1632 unhandsome1640 ill-fated1715 donsie?1719 swarthy1756 infelicitous1835 bad luck1872 stiff1919 spooked1937 jinxed1972 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. vii. 137 His freind and fallow deyr That sa myschancy was. 1745 Scots Mag. June 275 Our wint'rings too, will drown in bogs and glens, Fa' o'er high crags, and get mischancy ends. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 637 Country Laird, attracted from afar, With some mischancy Writer to engage. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xvii. 307 Circumstances were mischancey with Mr. Nogo. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. xix. 211 If ever I should be so mischancy as to last so long as Ghysbrecht did. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 48 But aft they [sc. flowers] were, in some mischancy 'oor, A' blaadit by the cranreuch an' the snaw. 1949 Scots Mag. Jan. 165 Farming on the Isla is now a most mischancy business. 1956 Amer. Econ. Rev. 46 47 If one compares the total apparent consumption of raw materials in the United States with deflated gross national product.., though this is a mischancy procedure, [etc.]. 1994 Interzone Nov. 31/2 It's a mischancy business introducing gallows humour into a job interview, even for [a] crematorium boilerman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1522
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