fortuitousness en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being fortuitous.
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.
1919 [1918], Jack London, “The Red One”, in The Red One, London: Mills and Boon:
Synonyms
hazard · weird · good luck · accident · hap · good fortune · adventure · fortuitousness · casualty · chance-medley · luck · fortuity · chance · fortune · happiness · fortuity · hap · serendipity · fortune · luck · joss · felicity · good cess · luck