infortune
Americannoun
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Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
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Obsolete. misfortune.
Etymology
Origin of infortune
1325–75; Middle English ( see in- 3, fortune), translation of Latin infortūnium
Example Sentences
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Tho wiste Uluxes what it mente, And tok him in hise Armes softe, And al bledende he kest him ofte, And seide, "Sone, whil I live, This infortune I thee foryive."
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay
Round the tomb is the battered iron railing placed there originally, with the myste- rious motto of the duchess worked into the top, - fortune infortune fort une.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
"For of fortunes sharpe adversite, The worst kind of infortune is this, A man that hath been in prosperite And it remember, whan it passed is!"
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
I will puzzle you with the problem of her motto: 'Fortune, infortune, fort'une,' which I claim to have solved by a Latinized version: 'Fortuna, in fortuna, forti una.'
From The Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas père
For of fortunes sharpe adversite, The worst kind of infortune is this,— A man that hath been is prosperite, And it remember whan it passed is.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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