adj
Meaning 1
Unfortunate, unlucky.
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Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
infortunate
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adj
Meaning 2
(of a star, planet, etc.) Bringing bad luck, causing misfortune, malevolent.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Ominous, inauspicious.
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Usage: broadly, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
An unfortunate.
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noun
Meaning 5
An 'unfortunate' planet, star, etc.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
To subject a person to a, or cause a celestial body to be of malevolent influence; to render 'infortunate'.
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Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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History
Etymology
The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate.