Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.
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- adjective archaic
unlucky ,unfortunate ,ill-omened ;unpropitious ;sinister
Etymologies
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Latin infaustus; prefix in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky.
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Examples
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In an infaust moment she was thrown down by a runaway, and her tower received serious damage.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin
The Caxtons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He explains that his offence was mild and purely mental, that in an infaust moment he glanced (doubtless stared soldier-fashion) at "Mistris
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
whichbe commented on the word infaust
Unlucky; ill-omened. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008