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单词 infaust
释义

infaust

English

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus, from in- (not) + faustus (fortunate, lucky).

Adjective

infaust (comparative more infaust, superlative most infaust)

  1. (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister
    • 1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture:
      Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin Caxton[.]
    • 1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:
      While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.

References

“infaust”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Faustin, faunist, fiaunts, fustian
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