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/un chan"see, -chahn"-/, adj. Chiefly Scot.1. unlucky.2. dangerous.[1525-35; UN-1 + CHANCY]
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Unchancy — Un*chan cy, a. [Pref un + Scot. chancy fortunate, safe.] 1. Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient. A. Trollope. [1913 Webster] 2. Ill fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 3. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unchancy — [un chan′sē, unchän′sē] adj. [ UN + CHANCY (sense 2)] Scot. 1. unlucky; ill fated 2. dangerous … English World dictionary
unchancy — adjective Date: 1533 1. chiefly Scottish ill fated 2. chiefly Scottish dangerous … New Collegiate Dictionary
unchancy — adjective a) unlucky b) inconvenient … Wiktionary
unchancy — un·chancy … English syllables
unchancy — “+ adjective 1. chiefly Scotland : ill fated, ill omened, unlucky 2. chiefly Scotland : unsafe to meddle with : dangerous … Useful english dictionary
A Book of Mermaids — infobox Book | name = A Book of Mermaids title orig = translator = author = Ruth Manning Sanders cover artist = Robin Jacques illustrator = Robin Jacques country = United States language = English series = genre = Fairy tales publisher = E. P.… … Wikipedia
wanchancy — adjective a) Unlucky; unchancy. b) Wicked … Wiktionary
dangerous — adj 1. perilous, hazardous, jeopard ous, Archaic. parlous; risky, chancy, uncertain, Sl. hairy, Chiefly Scot. unchancy; vulnerable, exposed, unsheltered, assailable, defenseless; unsafe, unsound, insecure, shaky, rickety, precarious. 2.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
unsafe — adj 1. dangerous, fraught with danger, perilous, hazardous, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous, treacherous; threatening, menacing, minatory, minacious, ominous, sinister; risky, chancy, uncertain, Sl. hairy, Chiefly Scot. unchancy, Sl. dicey, touch… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
