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haplessness

noun

Etymology

From hapless + -ness.

  1. derived from *hampijaną✻
  2. derived from *happa✻
  3. inherited from hæppan — “to move accidentally, slip”
  4. inherited from happen
  5. derived from *kob-✻ — “good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”
  6. derived from *hampą✻ — “convenience, happiness”
  7. derived from happ — “hap, chance, good luck”
  8. inherited from hap
  9. suffixed as hapless — “hap + -less”
  10. suffixed as haplessness — “hapless + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being hapless.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA