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Word: Serendipity
Speech Type: Noun
1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’
ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti
the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
Short Definition:occurrence and development of events by chance in happy or beneficial way
Examples:- a fortunate stroke of serendipity
- a series of small serendipities
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