Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious.
Wiktionary
- adj. archaic unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. rare Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.
Etymologies
- Latin infaustus; prefix in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In an infaust moment she was thrown down by a runaway, and her tower received serious damage.”
“Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin”
“He explains that his offence was mild and purely mental, that in an infaust moment he glanced (doubtless stared soldier-fashion) at "Mistris”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘infaust’.
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phrontistery - i
from phrontistery.info
izzat, izzard, ixiodic, izard, ivresse, ixora, ivorist, ivoride, ivorine, iulus, iulan, ithomiid and 510 more...
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Shadowkeir's list
This list, the one shown below this very message, is a collection of words that you cannot begin to fathom how much I adore. The list will also feature atithesis and contrasting words such as the t...
wishful, anticlimactic, forte, monchromatic, septic, wonderous, isoclinal, deformed, disintergrate, favourite, laughable, awe-inspiring and 250 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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Accurst
Curses and spiritual warfare.
evil eye, diablerie, katadesmoi, voodoo doll, drishti, glamour, geis, shrap, hoodoo, jinx, curse, curse stone and 78 more...
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Blood Matters?
legerdemain, eidolon, soucouyant, grawlix, foin, thanatism, chichevache, uloid, vellicate, victimate, bildungsroman, lambent and 63 more...
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30 words a minute
coterie, suasible, pungent, bibber, tippler, lushington, infaust, cantankerous, Perverse, symbol, phallus, platitude and 35 more...
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whichbe Unlucky; ill-omened. (from Phrontistery) May 24, 2008