serendipityn.

/sɛrɛnˈdɪpɪti/

Etymology: < Serendip, a former name for Sri Lanka + -ity suffix. A word coined by Horace Walpole, who says (Let. to Mann, 28 Jan. 1754) that he had formed it upon the title of the fairy-tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’.

The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. Also, the fact or an instance of such a discovery. Formerly rare, this word and its derivatives have had wide currency in the 20th century.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune

hapc1225

whatec1330

fortune1390

felicity1393

good luck1481

lucka1500

Lady Lucka1535

happiness1540

goodhap1557

faustity1656

serendipity1754

kokum1851

bonanza1878

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > accidentally > faculty of making happy discoveries by chance

serendipity1754

1754 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 28 Jan. This discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity.

1880 E. Solly Index Titles of Honour Pref. 5 The inquirer was at fault, and it was not till some weeks later, when by the aid of Serendipity, as Horace Walpole called it—that is, looking for one thing and finding another—that the explanation was accidentally found.

1926 E. Meynell Life F. Thompson xiii. 221 To the Serendipity Shop—the venture of a friend in Westbourne Grove—he would often go.

1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 92/1 Our story has as its critical episode one of those coincidences that show how discovery often depends on chance, or rather on what has been called ‘serendipity’—the chance observation falling on a receptive eye.

1971 S. E. Morison European Discov. Amer.: Northern Voy. i. 3 Columbus and Cabot..(by the greatest serendipity of history) discovered America instead of reaching the Indies.

1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 47/2 It becomes a glum bureaucracy, instead of the serendipity of 30 people putting out a magazine.

Derivatives

serenˈdipitist n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > accidentally > faculty of making happy discoveries by chance > one who

serendipitist1927

1927 J. Joyce Contin. Work in Progress in transition No. 7. 53 You..semisemitic serendipitist, you (thanks, I think that describes you) Europasianised Afferyank!

1968 Punch 13 Nov. 684/1 There are the financial serendipitists, the men blessed monetarily by a fortunate law.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	serendipity
释义	serendipityn. /sɛrɛnˈdɪpɪti/ Etymology: < Serendip, a former name for Sri Lanka + -ity suffix. A word coined by Horace Walpole, who says (Let. to Mann, 28 Jan. 1754) that he had formed it upon the title of the fairy-tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’. The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. Also, the fact or an instance of such a discovery. Formerly rare, this word and its derivatives have had wide currency in the 20th century. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune hapc1225 whatec1330 fortune1390 felicity1393 good luck1481 lucka1500 Lady Lucka1535 happiness1540 goodhap1557 faustity1656 serendipity1754 kokum1851 bonanza1878 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > accidentally > faculty of making happy discoveries by chance serendipity1754 1754 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 28 Jan. This discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity. 1880 E. Solly Index Titles of Honour Pref. 5 The inquirer was at fault, and it was not till some weeks later, when by the aid of Serendipity, as Horace Walpole called it—that is, looking for one thing and finding another—that the explanation was accidentally found. 1926 E. Meynell Life F. Thompson xiii. 221 To the Serendipity Shop—the venture of a friend in Westbourne Grove—he would often go. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 92/1 Our story has as its critical episode one of those coincidences that show how discovery often depends on chance, or rather on what has been called ‘serendipity’—the chance observation falling on a receptive eye. 1971 S. E. Morison European Discov. Amer.: Northern Voy. i. 3 Columbus and Cabot..(by the greatest serendipity of history) discovered America instead of reaching the Indies. 1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 47/2 It becomes a glum bureaucracy, instead of the serendipity of 30 people putting out a magazine. Derivatives serenˈdipitist n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > accidentally > faculty of making happy discoveries by chance > one who serendipitist1927 1927 J. Joyce Contin. Work in Progress in transition No. 7. 53 You..semisemitic serendipitist, you (thanks, I think that describes you) Europasianised Afferyank! 1968 Punch 13 Nov. 684/1 There are the financial serendipitists, the men blessed monetarily by a fortunate law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1754
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