Meanings
nouninfortune (usually uncountable, plural infortunes)
plural infortunes
- obsoleteuncountableusuallymisfortune
verbinfortune (third-person singular simple present infortunes, present participle infortuning, simple past and past participle infortuned)
present singular third person infortunes · participle present infortuning · participle past infortuned · past infortuned
- To afflict
Origin
- Latininfortunium
- Englishinfortune
From Latin infortunium. See in- (“not”), and fortune.
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infortune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infortune
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infortune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infortune.
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