Also 6 luckenes, luckynesse. [f. LUCKY a. + -NESS.] The quality or condition of being lucky; fortunateness.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc., xxiv. 149. The eyes signifie a foresighte, watchefulnes, subtilties, and luckenes in doynge of thinges.
1571. Golding, Calvin on Ps. x. 6. Hee speaketh of the luckye state of the ungodly … and complayneth of this their luckynesse.
1662. Petty, Taxes, 53. A lottery therefore is properly a tax upon unfortunate self-conceited fools; men that have a good opinion of their own luckiness.
1690. Locke, Hum. Und., IV. xvii. § 24. I know not whether the luckiness of the accident will excuse the irregularity of his proceeding.
1832. trans. Tour Germ. Prince, II. ix. 148. I have often been tempted to think that luckiness and unluckiness are a sort of subjective properties which we bring with us into the world.
