infortunate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested circa 1390, in Middle English, the verb in 1570; inherited from Middle English infortunat(e), borrowed from Latin infortūnātus, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of unfortunate. === Adjective === infortunate (comparative more infortunate, superlative most infortunate) (obsolete) Unfortunate, unlucky. (astrology) (of a star, planet, etc.) Bringing bad luck, causing misfortune, malevolent. (by extension) Ominous, inauspicious. === Noun === infortunate (plural infortunates) (obsolete) An unfortunate. (astrology) An 'unfortunate' planet, star, etc. === Verb === infortunate (third-person singular simple present infortunates, present participle infortunating, simple past and past participle infortunated) (obsolete, astrology, ambitransitive) To subject a person to a, or cause a celestial body to be of malevolent influence; to render 'infortunate'. [1570–1896] ==== Related terms ==== infortunately === References === “infortunate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== infortunate feminine plural of infortunato ==== Participle ==== infortunate f pl feminine plural of infortunato === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== infortunate f plural of infortunata == Latin == === Adjective === īnfortūnāte vocative masculine singular of īnfortūnātus