chanceable

adj

Etymology

From chance + -able.

  1. derived from cadere — “to fall, to die, to happen, occur
  2. derived from *cadentia — “falling
  3. derived from cheance — “accident, chance, luck
  4. inherited from chance
  5. suffixed as chanceable — “chance + able

Definitions

  1. Happening by chance

    Happening by chance; accidental

    • And so far were they carried into the admiration thereof, that they thought in the chanceable hitting upon any such verses, great foretokens of their following fortunes were placed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chanceable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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