serendipity
serendipity
Definition
ser·en·dip·ity (ser′ən dip′ə tē)
noun
- a seeming gift for finding something good accidentally
- luck, or good fortune, in finding something good accidentally
- 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
ser′·en·dip′i·tous adjective
serendipity
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- involve: Nick, tho, points out that there has been a fair amount of serendipity involved in arriving at this sound.
- enjoy: However, we remain committed to running an open bookshop, where it's possible to enjoy the serendipity of real book browsing.
- experience: We all have experienced the serendipity of relevant information arriving just when we were least expecting it.
Adjective modifier
- sheer: By sheer serendipity the new project thus became a cardboard design.
- pure: My diagnosis of prostate cancer at this time was pure serendipity and, as events turned out, most timely.
- cybernetic: Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the arts ( New York: Praeger, 1968 ), pp.
- such: Simple database search solutions can be sterile, removing the possibility of such serendipity.
- mere: Otherwise your chances of finding such a feature are down to either extremely assiduous trawling or mere serendipity.
- wonderful: Beside, nature has laid on a wonderful serendipity.
Modifies a noun
- factor: For example, there's a serendipity factor of seeing files in their ' home ' location.
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