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Definition of Serendipity
1. Noun. Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
Definition of Serendipity
1. Noun. An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident and sagacity. ¹
2. Noun. A combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serendipity
1. [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Serendipity
1. Accidental discovery; in science, finding one thing while looking for something else, as in Fleming's discovery of penicillin. Origin: coined by Horace Walpole and relates to The Three Princes of Serendip, fr. Alternate spelling of Serendib, ancient name for Sri Lanka (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serendipity
Literary usage of Serendipity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Words to the Wise--and Others by Ellen Burns Sherman (1907)
"serendipity FOR the benefit of those who may have forgotten the exact restrictions
imposed upon the word, serendipity, by Horace Walpole ..."
2. Thomas Holme, 1624-1695: Surveyor General of Pennsylvania by Irma Corcoran (1992)
"... er serendipity When Thomas Holme laid down the gavel on that first Wednesday
morning in February of 1685/86, he may have felt somehow demoted. ..."
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