fortuitous
fortuitous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 25 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott. See Accidental. -- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- For*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accident
- accidental
- adscititious
- adventitious
- apparent
- appearance
- ascititious
- contingent
- ego
- external
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- extrinsical
- extrinsicality
- foreign
- from
- incidental
- modal
- non
- nonessential
- objective
- objectiveness
- outward
- phenomenon
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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