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mischance(dictionary)

mischance(1) (iou)



mischance noun. ME.
[Old French mesch(e)ance, from mescheoir, from mes- MIS-2 + cheoir befall: see CHANCE noun.]
Bad luck. Formerly also, disaster, calamity. ME.
A piece of bad luck; a mishap, an unlucky accident. Formerly also, an accidental injury or mutilation; a state of unhappiness, an evil fate. ME.
Phrases: by mischance, by some mischance by an unlucky accident, by misfortune.
mischanceful adjective (now poet.) unfortunate ME.
mischancy adjective (chiefly Scot.) unfortunate E16.