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wanchancy

adj

Etymology

From wan- + chancy. Compare unchancy.

  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 wanchancy — “wan + chancy”

Definitions

  1. Unlucky

    Unlucky; unchancy.

  2. Wicked.

The neighborhood

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