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serendipiter

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ser⋅en⋅dip⋅i⋅ty

[ser-uhn-dip-i-tee]
–noun
1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
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


ser⋅en⋅dip⋅it⋅er, ser⋅en⋅dip⋅i⋅tist, ser⋅en⋅dip⋅per, noun
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