Serendipity- Daily Word №8
Serene? Sanction? Let me explain:
Today’s word is serendipity, a noun which acts as a loose synonym for luck. Such a beauty, isn’t it? With the sharp ‘s’ trill followed by a ‘dipity’ that sounds like a chain of raindrops. It really means to find something beautiful without looking for it.
Looking Deeper
serendipity was first coined by English writer Horace Walpole, who described the word as “always making discoveries by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of.” He is actually referring to the characters of a book by the name of ‘The Three Princesses of Serendip’.
This word has roots in the (now archaic) Persian word سرندیپ. It was unknown before the 1870s, gained currency and popularity in the 20th century and is finally widely used nowadays.
Using ‘serendipity’ in a Sentence
serendipity might be a bit tricky, but we can use it to replace the word luck. Hence:
“We’ve all experienced the serendipity of sparking an idea just before it’s too late.”
I know I might not be much, but I hope to bring these words back to our use again. By sharing one word a day, maybe we still have a shot at saving them
