"Infortune" is a word in ENGLISH
Misfortune.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
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One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
Read the complete definitionA repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the …
Read the complete definitionv. /MANGI-: I-/ to preserve or protect against, to keep away from (injury, illness, misfortune, etc.). Iyawam ta bagim ti …
Read the complete definitionAnything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.
Read the complete definitionbagyu sa kinabúhì misfortunes in life (literary). Taliw sa ímung kalípay muhúrus usáhay ang mga bagyu sa kinabúhì, Into every …
Read the complete definitionMisery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
Read the complete definitionA goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.
Read the complete definitionTo have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a …
Read the complete definitionbuylug v [A; b7] speed, rush forward. Mibuylug ang túbig pagk-agubà sa liptung, The water gushed out when the dam …
Read the complete definitionbuyprind n boy friend. buysit n bad luck that is permanently associated with a person or thing. Kanang ímung nawung …
Read the complete definitionAny great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to …
Read the complete definitionA state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
Read the complete definitionAny injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
Read the complete definitionAn event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or …
Read the complete definitionAttentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; …
Read the complete definitionLiterally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
Read the complete definitionAffiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
Read the complete definitionThe cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
Read the complete definitiondahay n sighs, bewailing of misfortune. v [A; b3] moan, bewail ones misfortune. Midahay siya sa dautan níyang gidangátan, She …
Read the complete definitiondampúgan - Overshadowing, lowering, threatening, terrible, fearful, awful, terrific, gigantic; of evil omen or impending misfortune. (cf. dámpug; makahahádluk, makakulúgmat, …
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