wanchance

noun

Etymology

From wan- + chance.

  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. prefixed as wanchance — “wan + chance”

Definitions

  1. Ill luck

    Ill luck; misfortune; calamity.

The neighborhood

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