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Serendipity: [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee]
–noun
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an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by chance
2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for
Origin:
1754; Serendip + -ity; Horace Walpole so named a faculty
possessed by the heroes of a fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip
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