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infaust

infaust adjective: unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.

Adjective

infaust (comparative more infaust, superlative most infaust)

  1. (archaic) Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.
    • Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin Caxton[.]1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture
    • While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais
  2. (rare) Of a prognosis: Poor, grim.

Forms of infaust

comparativemore infaust
superlativemost infaust

Origin of infaust

From Latin īnfaustus, from in- (“not”) + faustus (“fortunate, lucky”).

Questions about infaust

What does infaust mean?
Infaust means unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.
What part of speech is infaust?
Infaust is an adjective.

Words near infaust in the dictionary

  1. infaunalization
  2. infaunally
  3. infaunas
  4. infaunt
  5. infaunts
  6. infaust
  7. infeasibilities
  8. infeasibility
  9. infeasible
  10. infeasibleness
  11. infeasibly

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