malaccident

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ accident.

Noun

malaccident (countable and uncountable, plural malaccidents)

1. (archaic) A bad event happening by accident; mischance.
   • 1844, Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest, page 307:

     I rely much on His goodness who has always guarded me against malaccidents, that he will not permit me to fall into such a snare, and that He will preserve me in the good report of the world till the end of my career.