Infortunate

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unfortunate. obsolete
  2. 2
    An 'unfortunate' planet, star, etc. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To subject a person to a, or cause a celestial body to be of malevolent influence; to render 'infortunate'. ambitransitive, obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    Unfortunate, unlucky. obsolete

    "Henry, though he be infortunate"

  2. 2
    (of a star, planet, etc.) Bringing bad luck, causing misfortune, malevolent. obsolete
  3. 3
    Ominous, inauspicious. broadly, obsolete

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peakthwartunfavourableunhappyunlucky

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"Henry, though he be infortunate"

Etymology

The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate.

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