fortunate
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fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)
- Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
- Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
- Presaging happiness.
- Auspicious.
- a fortunate event
- a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
- a fortunate investment
- Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
- Lucky, favored by fortune.
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Coming by good luck or favorable chance
Presaging happiness
Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts
Lucky, favored by fortune
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Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
fortunate pl
- feminine form of fortunato
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From fortūnātus (“fortunate, prosperous”)
Adverb [edit]
fortūnātē (comparative fortūnātius, superlative fortūnātissimē)
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References [edit]
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
