unpropitious

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not propitious; unfavourable, untimely.
    — 'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […]

词形变化

more unpropitious comparative most unpropitious superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English propitious
English unpropitious
From un- + propitious.
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