misfortune

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MISFOR'TUNE, noun Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; as loss of property at sea or by fire. Consider why the change was wrought, You'll find it his misfortune not his fault.
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