infortunate

[ in-fawr-chuh-nit ]

adjective

, Obsolete.

1. of or relating to infortune.

Other Words From

• in·fortu·nate·ly adverb
• in·fortu·nate·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of infortunate¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin infortūnātus, equivalent to in- in- ³ + fortūnātus fortunate

Example Sentences

I would state that I have not been able to find it; but in Cockeram's English Dictionarie, 1639, I find "Infortunate, unhappy;" and in Bailey's Dictionary, vol. i.

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It is singular that Cockeram gives "infortunate" in his first alphabet, which, he says, in his preface, "hath the choicest words now in use, wherewith our language is enriched."

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Infortunate condition of kings,     Seated amidst so many helpless doubts!

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The infortunate Lord of Virle, hearing this sharpe sentence, remayned long time without speach, so astonned as if he had bene falne from the Clouds.

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Ah infortunate Gentleman, thou payest wel the vsury of thy pleasures past when thou diddest lyue at lyberty, free from those trauayles which now do put thee to death, without suffering thee to dy.

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