SERENDIPITOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ser-uhn-DIP-i-tuhs)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to fortunate discoveries or happenings by chance.

ETYMOLOGY: From serendipity, coined by Horace Walpole after the fairy tale, “The Three Princes of Serendip”. Earliest documented use: 1958.
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SERENDIP IOUs - primitive currency of Ceylon

SERENDI PIOUS - the Serendi are a deeply religious people

SHE REND I.P.I. TO US - that woman returned the International Peace Institute to United States jurisdiction