Unlucky
71pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …
72Christian Calendar — Christian Calendar † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Calendar GENERALITIES All civilized peoples and even those which seem to be only just emerging from utter barbarism keep some kind of record of the flight of time and are… …
73unfortunate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unlucky, hapless, ill fated, ill starred, star crossed, luckless, unsuccessful, abortive, disastrous, ruinous; short or out of luck, SOL, behind the eight ball, jinxed, hexed (all sl.). See… …
74born — born1 [bo:n US bo:rn] a past participle of ↑bear born 2 born2 W2S1 v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 be born 2¦(start existing)¦ 3 born and bred 4 be born to do/be something 5 I wasn t born yesterday 6 there s one born every minute 7 be b …
75thing — /TIN/ noun 1 IDEA/ACTION/FEELING/FACT (C) anything that you can think of as a single item, for example an idea, an action, a feeling, or a fact: The important thing is for us to tell the truth. | What a stupid thing to do. | A horrible thing… …
76δυστυχεῖ — δυστυχέω to be unlucky pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic) δυστυχέω to be unlucky pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) δυστυχής unlucky masc/fem/neut nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) δυστυχής unlucky masc/fem/neut dat sg …
77δυστυχοῦσ' — δυστυχοῦσα , δυστυχέω to be unlucky pres part act fem nom/voc sg (attic epic doric) δυστυχοῦσι , δυστυχέω to be unlucky pres part act masc/neut dat pl (attic epic doric) δυστυχοῦσι , δυστυχέω to be unlucky pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric)… …
78ἐνδυστυχεῖ — ἐνδυστυχέω to be unlucky in pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic) ἐνδυστυχέω to be unlucky in pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic) ἐνδυστυχέω to be unlucky in pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic) ἐνδυστυχέω to be unlucky in… …
79eggs — It was thought very unlucky to take eggs into or out of a house after sunset. There were rules about setting them to be hatched it should be done with a waxing *moon, but not on a *Friday or Sunday; there should be an odd number, preferably… …
80fishing industry — Two of the main reasons usually cited as favourable to the growth of superstition are dangerous working conditions and the degree on which success/failure is affected by luck rather than skill. Fishing has clearly fulfilled both these criteria …