mishappy
adjEtymology From Middle English myshappy, equivalent to mis- + happy.
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Nonstandard, Rare Unfortunate; unhappy.
- I go home bewildered unt mishappy, to find that Herr Gabert has stole the score of mine opera unt run avay mit mine vife.1911, Edith Van Dyne, Aunt Jane's nieces and Uncle John:
- And my statement was if that is the fact I will wait until you are mishappy or unhappy with their services, and I am always available, and thanked them for the opportunity for giving that time to discuss the matter.1963, United States Congress, Senate Hearings:
2 more examples
- Two chairs are superimposed in such a way that they truly appear obscene, and immediately a couple will imitate the same position on them. These trivia become "mishappy," silly instruments; we have to see them in their awkward shapes and their usual application is lost.1998, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art:
- And the same saith Innocent in one of his books; he saith that sorrowful and mishappy is the condition of a poor beggar, for if he asks not his meat he dieth of hunger, and if he ask he dieth for shame; and dire necessity constraineth him to ask; […]2009, Henry Cabot Lodge, editor, The Best of the World's Classics:
- Derived terms
- mishappily, mishappiness