LUCKLESS
Luck"less, a.
Defn: Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting
with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless
maid.
Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden.
— Luck"less*ly, adv.
— Lock"less*ness, n.
LUCKY
Luck"y, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; — said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour. We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. Shak.
Syn.
— Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
LUCKY PROACH
Luck`y proach". (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Fatherlasher.
LUCRATIVE Lu"cra*tive, a. Etym: [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.]
1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. Bacon.