Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortuitousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-tu-itous-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fortuitous.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was a creation of artifice and mind. Such perfection of form, such hollowness that it certainly possessed, could not be the result of mere fortuitousness."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fortuītuslbor. English fortuitous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fortuitousness From fortuitous + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

fortuity hap luck felicity fortune fortuitousness good cess good fortune good luck happiness adventure accident

Questions

What does fortuitousness mean?: The quality of being fortuitous.
Where does fortuitousness come from?: Etymology tree Latin fortuītuslbor. English fortuitous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fortuitousness From fortuitous + -ness.

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