misadventure

  • 21misadventure — noun Etymology: Middle English mesaventure, from Anglo French, from mesavenir to turn out badly, from mes mis + avenir to happen, from Latin advenire more at adventure Date: 14th century misfortune, mishap …

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  • 22misadventure — /mis euhd ven cheuhr/, n. an instance of bad fortune; mishap. [1250 1300; MIS1 + ADVENTURE; r. ME mesaventure < OF] Syn. 1. mischance, accident; disaster, calamity, catastrophe. * * * …

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  • 23misadventure — noun An accidental mishap or misfortune …

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  • 24misadventure — Synonyms and related words: accident, blow, blunder, boner, bull, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack up, crash, disaster, error, faux pas, grief, howler, ill hap, lapse, mischance, misfortune, mishap, nasty&#8230; …

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  • 25misadventure — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adversity, ill luck, catastrophe; see misfortune 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mishap, accident, disaster, miscarriage, misfortune, *screw up, slip, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An&#8230; …

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  • 26misadventure — sb. == written divisim, ‘mys aventure.’ RG. 205; [misauntre]. RG. 375, 529 …

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  • 27misadventure — n. bad luck; mishap, accident; chance …

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  • 28Misadventure —   The literature abounds in names with have been spelled incorrectly. The reasons for this situation are numerous and include typographical errors, momentary lapses in concentration or ignorance on the part of the writer. Rarely an incorrect name …

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  • 29misadventure — n. Mischance, mishap, misfortune, reverse, ill luck, disaster, calamity, infelicity, cross …

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  • 30misadventure — n 1. misfortune, mishap, mischance, miscarriage, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; tragedy, disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm …

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