Meaning of mishappy | Babel Free

Definitions

Unfortunate; unhappy.

nonstandard, rare

Examples

“I go home bewildered unt mishappy, to find⟳ that Herr Gabert has stole the score⟳ of mine opera unt run⟳ avay mit mine vife.”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“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⟳; […]”

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