improsperous
English
Etymology
From im- + prosperous.
Adjective
improsperous (comparative more improsperous, superlative most improsperous)
- (obsolete) not prosperous
- 1697, John Dryden (translator), Aeneid, book VI.
- Seven revolving years are wholly run, Since the improsperous voyage we begun.
- 1697, John Dryden (translator), Aeneid, book VI.
Derived terms
- improsperously
- improsperousness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for improsperous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)