infortune

American  

[in-fawr-chuhn] / ɪnˈfɔr tʃən /

noun

1. Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.

2. Obsolete. misfortune.

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Etymology

Origin of infortune

1325–75; Middle English ( see in- ³, fortune), translation of Latin infortūnium

Example Sentences

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 Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

For of fortune's sharp adversitie The worst kind of infortune is this: A man that hath been in prosperitie, And it remember when it passed is.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

The noyse of peple up-stirte thanne at ones, As breme as blase of straw y-set on fyre; For infortune it wolde, for the nones, 185 They sholden hir confusioun desyre.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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 Dumas père, Alexandre

Here, as elsewhere, is a wealth of ornamentation; and everywhere woven into its intricacies one may find the initials P and M—Philibert and Margaret—and the latter's motto, "Fortune, infortune, fort une."

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow