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unchancy

adj

Etymology

From un- + chancy.

  1. derived from cadere — “to fall, to die, to happen, occur”
  2. derived from *cadentia✻ — “falling”
  3. derived from cheance — “accident, chance, luck”
  4. inherited from chance
  5. suffixed as chancy — “chance + y”
  6. prefixed as unchancy — “un + chancy”

Definitions

  1. Unfortunate, unlucky.

  2. Dangerous, unsafe.

    • the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things.

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