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Infaust

In-faust′

,
Adj.
[L.
infaustus
; pref.
in-
not +
faustus
fortunate, lucky.]
Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.
[R.]
Ld. Lytton.

Definition 2024


infaust

infaust

English

Adjective

infaust (comparative more infaust, superlative most infaust)

  1. (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister
    • 1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, ‘'The Caxtons: A Family Picture:
      Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin Caxton[.]

References

J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.