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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/

▶adjective happening by chance rather than intention.

■ informal happening by a lucky chance; fortunate.

– derivatives
fortuitously adverb,
fortuitousness noun,
fortuity noun (pl. fortuities).

– origin C17: from L. fortuitus, from forte ‘by chance’.

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