mischance
noun
- misfortune, bad luck
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
noun
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
- Bad luck, misfortune.
“But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.”
“I write gaily enough, for there is no use in bewailing such a hopeless mischance.”
- A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
“He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]”
verb
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce.
- To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).