Meanings
adjectivefortuned (comparative more fortuned, superlative most fortuned)
comparative more fortuned · superlative most fortuned
- Having a (with a descriptive word, particular kind of) fortune (“destiny; wealth”).
When the broken-fortun'd Peer goes into the City to marry a rich Tradeſman's Daughter, be he Duke or Earl, does not his Consort immediately become ennobled by his Choice?
1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Tuesday Morning, the Sixth of My Happiness”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], 3rd edition, volume II, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, pages 283–284
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of fortune
Origin
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fortuned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortuned
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“fortuned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortuned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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