Unchancy
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unfortunate, unlucky. Scotland
- 2 Dangerous, unsafe. Scotland
"the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things."
Example
More examples"the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things."
Etymology
From un- + chancy.
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