mishanter

[ mi-shan-ter ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a misfortune; mishap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mishanter¹

1745–55; variant of misaunter, equivalent to mis- ¹ + aunter, variant of obsolete aventure adventure

Example Sentences

You have been silent, Innes," said Sandy, "for the last half-hour, and look as wae and anxious as if some terrible mishanter had befallen ye.

From Project Gutenberg

He has planted his foot where it lighted by mishanter, and a’ the guid an’ ill in Scotland wadna budge him frae the spot.”

From Project Gutenberg

An’ now that they hae dune their maist, the record o’ Robert’s mishanter is lying in whity-brown ink yonder in a page o’ the session-buik, while the ballads hae sunk deep deep intil the very mind o’ the country, and may live there for hunders and hunders o’ years.”

From Project Gutenberg

There’s no mony things ye’re no fit for, Mr. John, but the women are cunning, and have aye made a fule o’ the men since Eve led Adam aff the straicht and made sic a mishanter o’ the hale race.

From Project Gutenberg

When idly goavan whyles we saunter Yirr, fancy barks, awa’ we canter Uphill, down brae, till some mishanter, Some black bog-hole, Arrests us, then the scathe an’ banter We’re forced to thole.

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