Definition of Fortuities

1. fortuity [n] - See also: fortuity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortuities

fortlets
fortlike
fortnight
fortnightlies
fortnightly
fortnights
fortravel
fortread
fortress
fortressed
fortresses
fortressing
fortresslike
forts
fortuit
fortuities (current term)
fortuitism
fortuitous
fortuitously
fortuitousness
fortuituous
fortuity
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortunatenesses
fortunates
fortune
fortune-teller
fortune-tellers

Literary usage of Fortuities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Early History of Jacob Stahl by John Davys Beresford (1911)
"JACOB STAHL BOOK ONE HESTER CHAPTER I TEMPERAMENT AND fortuities 1. THE first link in the chain was obviously forged by temperament. ..."

2. The Early History of Jacob Stahl by John Davys Beresford (1911)
"JACOB STAHL BOOK ONE HESTER CHAPTER I TEMPERAMENT AND fortuities 1. THE first link in the chain was obviously forged by temperament. ..."

3. The Method of the Divine Government, Physical and Moral by James McCosh (1882)
"I.—COMPLICATION OF NATURE RESULTING IN fortuities. Two great principles run through every part of the works of God. The one is the PRINCIPLE OF ORDER, ..."

4. Better World Philosophy: A Sociological Synthesis by John Howard Moore (1899)
"By fortuities of heredity are meant those mysterious pre-natal conditions, or caprices, which cause variety in offspring. The children of the same parents ..."

5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"647, calls it the principal work on the Canaries); Bory de Saint Vincent, Essais sur les Isles fortuities, Paris, an xi. (1803) ; Les lies fortuities, ..."

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