See mishap on Wiktionary
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"mishappen#Middle_English"
],
[
"mis-",
"mis-#English"
],
[
"hap",
"hap#English"
]
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mishappen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mishappen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mis-",
"3": "hap"
},
"expansion": "mis- + hap",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mishaps",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mishapping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mishapped",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mishapped",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "luck"
},
{
"word": "lucky"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To happen through misfortune; to mishappen."
],
"links": [
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"misfortune",
"misfortune"
],
[
"mishappen",
"mishappen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, intransitive) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪsˈhæp/"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æp"
}
],
"word": "mishap"
}
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