† fortuitadj.
Obsolete.
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.) v. pr. i. 117 Fortuit hap.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 16 Utterly fortuyt and done by chaunce.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. v. 418 False feares and all other fortuit inconueniences.
1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incred. (1670) 15 That the world was made by a fortuit concourse of Atomes.
Derivatives
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun]
i-wonc1275
casec1300
adventurec1325
hap1340
accidencea1393
casualty1423
chefe1440
fortunityc1470
enchance?a1475
accidentc1485
chance1526
contingencec1530
lottery1570
casuality1574
chanceableness1581
contingency1623
fortuitiona1641
fortuitness1643
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
fortuitousness1652
causelessnessa1660
temerity1678
fortuitya1747
spontaneity1751
felicity1809
accidentiality1814
1643 K. Digby Observ. Religio Medici 28 Fortuitnesse or contingency of things.
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