mishap, misadventure, mischance
(noun) an instance of misfortune
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mischance (countable and uncountable, plural mischances)
Bad luck, misfortune.
A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
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).
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Source: Wiktionary
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
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
