Meaning of FORTUITOUS
| Pronunciation: | | for'tooitus
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- [adj] occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
- [adj] having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
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| | Synonyms: | | causeless, fortunate, uncaused, unintended |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
{Fortune}.]
1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
concourse of atoms.
It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
--Robertson.
So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
the whole. --Hazlitt.
2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
--Abbott.
Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
{Accidental}. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. --
{For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, aleatory, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, destinal, dicey, extra, fatal, fatidic, fluky, iffy, incidental, indeterminate, inessential, nonessential, odd, risky, secondary, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, uncaused, undetermined, unessential, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredictable |
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