fortuity

noun

for·​tu·​i·​ty fȯr-ˈtü-ə-tē 

-ˈtyü-,

fər-

plural fortuities

1

: the quality or state of being fortuitous

2

: a chance event or occurrence

Examples of fortuity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity. —Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020

Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity. —Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021

Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity. —Sam Roberts, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1