MISCHANCE

mishap, misadventure, mischance

(noun) an instance of misfortune

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mischance (countable and uncountable, plural mischances)

Bad luck, misfortune.

A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.

Verb

mischance (third-person singular simple present mischances, present participle mischancing, simple past and past participle mischanced)

(ambitransitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

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Mis*chance", n. Etym: [OE. meschance, OF. mescheance.]

Definition: Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap. Chaucer. Never come mischance between us twain. Shak.

Syn.

– Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity; disaster. See Calamity.

Mis*chance", v. i.

Definition: To happen by mischance. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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