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Webster 1913 Edition
Misluck
Mis-luck′
,Noun.
Ill luck; misfortune.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misluck
MISLUCK'
,Noun.
Definition 2024
misluck
misluck
English
Alternative forms
- misluk (Scotland)
Noun
misluck (uncountable)
- Ill luck; misfortune.
- 1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature:
- [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.
- 2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English:
- If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.
- 2007, Robert C. Roberts, W. Jay Wood, Intellectual Virtues:
- Your belief is true and justified, but not knowledge. In this case you're unlucky enough to be driving through a neighborhood beset by deceptive appearances, but this misluck is corrected by your just.
- 1997, Michael von Albrecht, Gareth L. Schmeling, A History of Roman Literature:
Derived terms
- mislucky
Verb
misluck (third-person singular simple present mislucks, present participle mislucking, simple past and past participle mislucked)