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serendipity definition

ser·en·dip·ity (ser′ən dip′ə tē)

noun

  1. a seeming gift for finding something good accidentally
  2. luck, or good fortune, in finding something good accidentally
  3. an instance of this

Etymology: coined (c. 1754) by Horace Walpole after The Three Princes of Serendip (i.e., Sri Lanka), a Pers fairy tale in which the princes make such discoveries

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