wanchancy

British  

/ wɒnˈtʃænsɪ /

adjective

1. unlucky

2. dangerous; risky

3. uncanny; eerie

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Etymology

Origin of wanchancy

C18: from wanchance ill luck, from wan- prefix expressing negation or privation + _chance

Example Sentences

An’ that wanchancy annual sang I ne’er can send them!”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Lord save us a’! but it’s an unco life to be a sailor—a cauld, wanchancy life. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The wanchancy bullet maun have weakened his chest, nae doot.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

"Indeed, Robin, I'll be better advised before I gie it back to you; it is a wanchancy weapon in a Highlandman's hand, and I am thinking you will be about some barns-breaking."

From International Short Stories English by Various