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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
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Noun

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mischance (countable and uncountable, plural mischances)

  1. Bad luck, misfortune.
  2. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:
      He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances []

Verb

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mischance (third-person singular simple present mischances, present participle mischancing, simple past and past participle mischanced)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).

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