Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ill fortune.
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- noun obsolete
Ill fortune .
Etymologies
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From Middle English wanspede, from Old English wanspēd ("poverty, want", literally "lack of prosperity"), equivalent to wan- + speed.
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