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misventurous

misventurous adjective: subject to misventure; unfortunate.

Adjective

misventurous (comparative more misventurous, superlative most misventurous)

  1. (obsolete) Subject to misventure; unfortunate.
    • There, after all is ended, the enchantment too shall end, and the misventurous lady and her imprisoned knight shall both be set free.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, letter 125
  2. (obsolete) Not adventurous; timid.

Forms of misventurous

comparativemore misventurous
superlativemost misventurous

Origin of misventurous

From mis- + venturous.

Questions about misventurous

What does misventurous mean?
Misventurous means subject to misventure; unfortunate.
What part of speech is misventurous?
Misventurous is an adjective.

Words near misventurous in the dictionary

  1. misvented
  2. misventing
  3. misvents
  4. misventure
  5. misventures
  6. misventurous
  7. misview
  8. misviewed
  9. misviewing
  10. misviews
  11. misvocalise

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