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

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

Rhymes for fortuity

• acuity
• annuity
• circuity
• congruity
• fatuity
• gratuity
• tenuity
• vacuity
• ambiguity
• contiguity
• continuity
• incongruity