mischanceful
English
Etymology
mischance + -ful
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪsˈt͡ʃænsfəl/, /mɪsˈt͡ʃɑːnsfəl/
Adjective
mischanceful (comparative more mischanceful, superlative most mischanceful)
- unlucky
- 1918, Willa Sibert Cather, Ardessa
- She believed herself indispensable, but she knew that in such a mischanceful world as this the very powers of darkness might rise to separate her from this pearl among jobs.
- 1918, Willa Sibert Cather, Ardessa
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 mischanceful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)