Middle English Dictionary Entry
unfortūnāt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unfortūnāt(e adj. |
| Etymology | From fortūnāt adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unlucky.
Associated quotations
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)140/13 : He is right happy þat encrecithe & kepe[th]…the lordship that his predecessours has left him, and he is vnfortunat þat lesithe it.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)488/20 : ‘My name ys sir Kay the Senesciall’…‘Howbehit ye ar called a good knyght, but ye ar called unfortunate and passyng overthwart of youre tunge.’
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4036 : Ye may wele saye I am vnfortunate.