misfortune

[Pref. mis-, and Eng. fortune, S. (q. v.)] Bad or ill fortune; ill luck; a calamity; an unlucky or unfortunate accident or event; a mishap; a disaster. "Whenso her father deare Should of his dearest daughter's hard misfortune heare." Spenser, F. Q., III. iii. 5. To have a misfortune: To become the mother of an illegitimate child. ( Eng .) ""If you please, ma'am, I had a misfortune, ma'am,' replied the girl casting down her eyes."- Marryat : Midshipman Easy , ch. iii. *mis-for-tuned, adj . [Pref. mis- , and Eng. fortuned (q. v.).] Unfortunate, unlucky.