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† fortunous, a. Obs.
[a. OF. fortuneus: see fortune n. and -ous.]
1. Pertaining to fortune or chance, fortuitous.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. vi. 17 (Camb. MS.), I ne trowe nat in no manere, that so certeyn thinges sholden be moeued by fortunows fortune. Ibid. ii. pr. iv. 29 (Camb. MS.) Thinges that ben fortunous and temporel.
2. Fortunate, successful.
c1470Harding Chron. ix. iv, He wanne the felde in batell fortunous. |