Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Misfortune; misadventure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Misfortune; mishap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Misadventure ,misfortune .
Etymologies
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From Old French desaventure.
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Examples
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I have used, and that may I now wite my shame and my disadventure.
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For this fourteen year I never discovered one thing that I have used, and that may I now wite my shame and my disadventure.
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