fortuity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
    stroke; accident; chance event.
    • winning the lottery was a happy accident
    • the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
    • it was due to an accident or fortuity

WordNet

For*tu"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. fortuité.
Definitions
  1. Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750).

Webster 1913