Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not propitious; unpropitious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unpropitious; unfavorable.
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- adjective obsolete Not
propitious ;unfavourable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Zadig_, I'll no longer exclaim against my impropitious Stars.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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I am now sensible, said he, that my impropitious Fortune has some malignant Influence over thine; every Occurrence of my Life hitherto has prov'd strangely odd and unaccountable.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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Good God! said he, to himself, have I not substantial Reason to complain, that my impropitious Stars should direct me to walk by a Wood's-Side, where the Queen's Bitch and the King's Palfrey should happen to pass by?
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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He withdrew therefore, in a solitary Mood, to the Banks of the _Euphrates_, now fully persuaded, that his impropitious Star had shed its most baleful Influence on him, and that his Misfortunes were irretrievable, revolving in his Mind, all his Disappointments from his first Adventure with the Court-Coquet, who had entertain'd an utter Aversion to a blind Eye, down to his late Loss of his white
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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