Definitions
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Word origin
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
Used in a sentence
“She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.”
“you, who men's fortunes in their faces read”
“[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wealth or luck”7 letters
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