serendipitously seren·dipi·tous·ly (sēr’ən-dīp’ī-t-əs-lē) adv. lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries, having or bringing good fortune; The word comes from the term serendipity, a noun to cover the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident, the fact or occurrence of such discoveries or an instance of making such a discovery.Another word that made me smile. I just love the sound of it. Did you know that the word Serendipity was formed from an old word meaning Sri Lanka, Serendip? The English author Horace Walpole used it in a letter in 1754. It was part of the title of "a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of."
Someone should have pointed out to him the perils of ending a sentence with a preposition
3 comments:
hi :)
i like this one. serendipity is a beautiful thing, we just need to look out for it!
have a lovely weekend
k
I've been reading your blog over the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed all of your posts - you write in a very entertaining manner.
I had no idea 'serendipity' came from the name for Sri Lanka. Perhaps it was rather serendipitous that I went for my honeymoon to Serendip in 2007!
seamlessly done, young man. i'm pretty sure no one noticed (or even has a clue what i'm talking about).
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