— serendipiter, serendipitist, serendipper , n.
/ser'euhn dip"i tee/ , n.
1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for.
[ 1754; SERENDIP + -ITY; Horace Walpole so named a faculty possessed by the heroes of a fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip ]