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fortunate(2)(dictionary)
fortunate(dictionary)

fortunate(2) (iou)



fortunate adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin fortunatus, from fortuna: see FORTUNE noun, -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Favoured by fortune; lucky, prosperous. (Foll. by to, to do.) LME.
Day Lewis I was singularly fortunate to spend these summers of childhood among such people. absol.: Scientific American An armchair reader, envious of the fortunate who will visit the sites.
Bringing or presaging good fortune, auspicious, favourable. LME.
Ld Macaulay It ought to be considered as a most fortunate circumstance.
b. noun. A fortunate person or thing. Long rare. E17.
fortunateness noun M16.