It's the word of the day for November 19th.

Today's word is serendipity, spelled S-E-R-E-N-D-I-P-I-T-Y.

Serendipity is a noun. It refers to luck that takes the form of finding valuable

or pleasant things that are not looked for or to an instance of such luck. Here's the word used

in a sentence from lithub.com by Liam Brickhill. For new music, I rely on radio shows like Late Junction, straight up luck and

serendipity, and my wife, who has impeccable taste. The word serendipity did not come about by

luck. Rather, it was intentionally coined by 18th century author Horace Walpole, who was eager to share a happenstance

discovery he had made while researching a coat of arms. In a letter to his friend Horace man,

he wrote, this discovery indeed is almost of that kind, which I call serendipity, a very expressive

word which I shall endeavor to explain to you.

You will understand it better by the derivation than by the definition.

I once read 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 they were not

in quest of. Walpole's memory of the tale, which, as luck would have it, was not quite accurate,

gave the word serendipity the meaning it retains to this day. With your word of the day,

I'm Peter Sokoloski.

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