misaunter

misaunter: misaunter /mi-sönˈtər/ (now N Eng dialect)

noun

A misadventure or mishap

ORIGIN: OFr mesaventure; cf ↑aunter

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mishanter — /mi shan teuhr/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a misfortune; mishap. Also, mischanter. [1745 55; var. of misaunter, equiv. to MIS 1 + aunter, var. of obs. aventure ADVENTURE] * * * … Universalium
mi|shan|ter — «mih SHAN tuhr», noun. Scottish. misadventure; mishap. ╂[variant of earlier misaunter, contraction of misaventure misadventure] … Useful english dictionary
misantour — obs. form of misaunter … Useful english dictionary

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