unhap
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unhap, onhap, equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + hap (“fortune”).
Noun
unhap (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Ill luck; misfortune.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- the cause of her unhap
References
- “unhap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- unhapp, unhappe, onhap, onhappe, onhape
Etymology
Equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + hap (“luck”).
Noun
unhap (plural unhappes)
Descendants
- English: unhap
References
- “unhap, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.