Word of the day

From Cambridge

Serendipity:
the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things by chance

dictionary.com

The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

Word History: We are indebted to the English author Horace Walpole for the word serendipity, which he coined in one of the 3,000 or more letters on which his literary reputation primarily rests. In a letter of January 28, 1754, Walpole says that “this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word.” Walpole formed the word on an old name for Sri Lanka, Serendip. He explained that this name was part of the title of “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 which they were not in quest of....”

Slightly different interpretation from merriam webster... cos it's essentially a british word
: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

Why the sudden interest in the word?

Watch the movie with the same title.