What does "mishap" mean?
Mishap: Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer. Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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