fortuity
1
9.1
- noun
- /fɔːrˈtjuːɪti/
- Formal
:
fortuna
- Meeting her best friend at the café was a happy fortuity that neither of them had anticipated.
In one of the greatest acts of scientific fortuity.
- In one of the greatest acts of scientific fortuity.
Examples
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As to their receipt of welfare, nearly 43 percent of the parents in this sample exhibited the dependency mode, 20.6 percent supplementation, 8 percent self-reliance, 15 percent autonomy, 10 percent subsistence, and 4 percent fortuity.
Academic text (2007) -
Other circumstances may produce the same effect—whether because of the fortuity of geography, the nature of the particular public space, or the character of the religious speech at issue, among others.
Academic text (1995) -
Finally, parents counted in the fortuity mode of adaptation had no earnings, reported no TANF payment, and were not poor.
Academic text (2007) -
Fortuity pervades the origin of any particular species or lineage.
Academic text (1995) -
On the other hand, there were no significant differences among the levels of psychological distress reported by parents demonstrating supplementation, self-reliance, subsistence, and fortuity.
Academic text (2007) -
Four additional modes of welfare adaptation were exhibited by groups of formerly TANF-enrolled parents: self-reliance, autonomy, subsistence, and fortuity.
Academic text (2007) -
"Rather than looking to profit from the fortuity of coincidental scheduling, the desire to get work done rather than watch a movie on an airplane, or the luck of being asked the identical question twice, the lawyer who has agreed to bill solely on the basis of time spent is obliged to pass the benefits of these economies on to the client....
Academic text (1994) -
Whenever individual owners are conceiving a tour bus for sale, they are accountable for all safety boasts that likewise admit buffer for injuries, some fatalities, and fortuities.
Blog text (10) -
Amanda is, in one sense, radically different from Epifania; she believes that fortuity, not force of will, determines what happens; she says she is an "inveterate" gambler because "chance rules her life" (15).
Academic text (2017) -
Winning the lottery was a complete fortuity that changed her life overnight.
Synonyms
426
3.4
A surprising event that happens at the same time as another by chance
355
1.0
An unexpected event that happens by chance
45
6.1
A sudden event that happens by chance, often bringing good luck
15
8.5
A chance event that seems planned but is actually an accident
11
9.9
An event that happens by chance
1
3.4
An event that happens by accident and is not planned
How Fortuitous
∞
4.4
15
7.9
32
5.1
- Formal
1
9.1
426
3.4
780
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
fortuity = fortuit + ity
The element 'fortuit-' is a Latinate combining form rather than a recognizable English base, so an average B1 learner cannot reliably infer 'chance' from the parts.
Etymology
Fortuity comes from the Latin root fortu-, from fors, which means 'chance' or 'luck', and you can see the same idea in the word fortune. So, a fortuity is something that happens by chance or a lucky accident.