fortuitousness

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noun

The quality of being fortuitous.

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fortuityhapluckfelicityfortunegood cessgood fortunegood luck
OriginEnglish fortuitous ← Latin fortuītu →
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Meanings

nounfortuitousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being fortuitous.

    It was a creation of artifice and mind. Such perfection of form, such hollowness that it certainly possessed, could not be the result of mere fortuitousness.

    1919 [1918], Jack London, “The Red One”, in The Red One, London: Mills and Boon

    Synonyms: fortuity, hap, luck, felicity, fortune, fortuity, good cess, good fortune

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being fortuitous.

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fortuityhapluckfelicityfortunefortuitygood cessgood fortunegood luckhappinessluckadventureaccidentcasualtychancechance-medleyfortunehaphazard
Also see
felicityfortuityfortunegood luckhappinessluckluck of the irish

Origin

  1. Latinfortuītu
  2. Englishfortuitous
  3. Englishfortuitousness

From fortuitous + -ness.

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Chicago

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