serendipity

That polite trifler is fond of a word which he coined himself—'Serendipity.'

They think of serendipity as earned, of work as bestowed, of success as deserved and reserved to the deserving.

It is more than this: it is a matter of observation to any one with a moderate degree of "Serendipity."

It was just six o'clock, and the public-house opposite the Serendipity shop was lighting up.

Serendipity, sėr-en-dip′i-ti, n. a love for rare old books and other articles of virtu.