ill+fortune
81BLESSING AND CURSING — In the Bible these two antonyms have three meanings: (1) the invocation of good or evil; (2) good fortune or misfortune; and (3) the person or thing upon whom or which the fortune or misfortune falls. Thus the first meaning is best represented in …
82Yang Su — (楊素) (d. August 31, 606 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%B6%A6 king=%B7%D5%AB%D2 reign=%A4j%B7%7E yy=2 ycanzi= mm=7 dd= dcanzi=%A4A%A5%E8 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] ), courtesy name Chudao (處道), formally Duke Jingwu of Chu… …
83bad — adj., n., & adv. adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a unpleasant, unwelcome (bad weather; bad news). b unsatisfactory, unfortunate (a bad business). 3 harmful (is bad for you). 4 (of food) …
84Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds — is a history of popular folly by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: National Delusions , Peculiar Follies , and Philosophical Delusions . Despite its journalistic and… …
85Saadi (poet) — Muslih ud Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah Shirazi Saadi in a Rose garden, from a Mughal manuscript of the Gulistan, ca. 1645 Full name Muslih ud Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah Shirazi Born 1184 CE Died 1 …
86Tyche — /tuy kee/, n. the ancient Greek goddess of fortune. [ < Gk týche luck, fortune] * * * ▪ Greek goddess in Greek religion, the goddess of chance, with whom the Roman Fortuna was later identified; a capricious dispenser of good and ill fortune …
87rough — /rʌf / (say ruf) adjective 1. uneven from projections, irregularities, or breaks of surface; not smooth: rough boards; a rough road. 2. (of ground) wild; broken; covered with scrub, boulders, etc. 3. shaggy: a dog with a rough coat. 4. acting… …
88Diogenes of Sinope — (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Diogenes by John William Waterhouse, depicting his lamp, tub, and diet of onions Full name Diogenes of Sinope (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Born …
89Shi Hu — (石虎) (295 349), courtesy name Jilong (季龍), formally Emperor Wu of (Later) Zhao ((後)趙武帝), was an emperor of the Chinese/Jie state Later Zhao. He was the founding emperor Shi Le s distant nephew, who took power in a coup after Shi Le s death from… …
90Gao Wei — (高緯) (557 577), often known in history as Houzhu of Northern Qi ((北)齊後主), courtesy name Rengang (仁綱), sometimes referred to by his later Northern Zhou created title of Duke of Wen (溫公), was an emperor of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi. During… …
