wanchancy
adjective Scot
unlucky
dangerous; risky
uncanny; eerie
Compare unchancy
Word Origin for wanchancy
C18: from wanchance ill luck, from wan- prefix expressing negation or privation + chance
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Historical Examples of wanchancy
The wanchancy bullet maun have weakened his chest, nae doot.
HuntingtowerJohn Buchan
And then the ae boat set aff for North Berwick, an' the tither lay whaur it was and watched the wanchancy thing on the braeside.
David Balfour, Second PartRobert Louis Stevenson