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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1142/
- Published: 2023-03-16T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-12T17:41:18.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

fortuitous (adjective):  
1: occurring by chance  
2a: fortunate, lucky  
b: coming or happening by a lucky chance

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortuitous?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :For its first 250 years, until the early part of the 20th century, fortuitous meant one thing only: “happening by chance.” This was no accident; its Latin forebear, fortuitus, shares the same ancient root as fors, the Latin word for “chance.” But the fact that fortuitous sounds like a blend of fortunate and felicitous (“happily suited to an occasion”) likely led to a second meaning of “fortunate, lucky,” with the seeds of the newer sense perhaps planted by writers applying overtones of good fortune to something that is a random occurrence. The “lucky” use has been disparaged by critics, but it is now well established.

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