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(Unfortunate,) Unfortunatt, Wnfortunat, adj. [e.m.E. unfortunate (1530); Fortunat(e adj.] Unfortunate, unlucky. = Infortunat(e adj. — a1578 Pitsc. I 276/26.
This wnfortunat king … brocht his barrouns to sic ane poynt throw his willfull misgovernance that they war all … slaine a1691 Kingston Contin. Ho. Seytoun 56.
The Queen … after her unfortunatt marriage with the Earle of Bothwell … was forced to capitulat
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