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Definition of: serendipity
(ser′ən·dip′ə·tē) noun
The faculty of happening upon or making fortunate discoveries when not in search of them. [Coined by Horace Walpole (1754), in The Three Princes of Serendip (Ceylon), the heroes of which make such discoveries]
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