Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.

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  • adjective archaic unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister

Etymologies

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Latin infaustus; prefix in- not + faustus fortunate, lucky.

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Examples

  • In an infaust moment she was thrown down by a runaway, and her tower received serious damage.

    Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

  • Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin

    The Caxtons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He explains that his offence was mild and purely mental, that in an infaust moment he glanced (doubtless stared soldier-fashion) at "Mistris

    Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

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  • Unlucky; ill-omened. (from Phrontistery)

    May 24, 2008