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 ( 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 is prosperite, And it remember whan it passed is.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

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

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

J'en appelle � l'histoire; elle dira qu'un ennemi qui fit vingt ans la guerre aux peuples Anglois, vint librement, dans son infortune, chercher un asile sous ses loix.

From The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 by Dickson, William Kirk

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