† fortunousadj.
Obsolete.
1. Pertaining to fortune or chance, fortuitous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective]
byc1050
casualc1374
fortuitc1374
fortunelc1374
fortunousc1374
causelessc1386
adventurousc1405
accidental1502
fortunable1509
happya1522
chanceable1549
occasional1569
accidentary1581
emergent1593
streave1598
contingent1604
happening1621
incidental1644
lucky1648
sporadical1654
temerarious1660
spontaneous1664
incidentarya1670
chance1676
antrin?1725
fortuitous1806
sporadic1821
windfall1845
chanced1853
blind1873
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. vi. 17 I ne trowe nat in no manere, that so certeyn thinges sholden be moeued by fortunows fortune.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. pr. iv. 29 Thinges that ben fortunous and temporel.
2. Fortunate, successful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune
eadilyOE
blessedc1175
selec1225
yblessed1297
fortunedc1374
fortunatec1386
happya1393
happenc1400
well-fortunedc1425
lucklyc1450
fortunablec1470
fortunousc1470
well-fortunate1474
richc1478
lucky?1510
comical?1569
well1577
propitious1581
felicious1599
auspicious1616
felicitous1641
bonifate1656
faust1676
weirdly1807
arsey1953
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ix. iv He wanne the felde in batell fortunous.
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