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unhap en · NOUN

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unhap, onhap, equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + hap (“fortune”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Ill luck; misfortune.
    • the cause of her unhap 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: