infaust

adjective

1. Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.

   archaic

   Nevertheless, it was an infaust and sinister augury for Austin Caxton[.]

2. Of a prognosis: Poor, grim.

   rare

Where it comes from

From Latin īnfaustus, from in- (“not”) + faustus (“fortunate, lucky”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry infaust (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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