chanceable
English
Etymology
Adjective
chanceable (comparative more chanceable, superlative most chanceable)
- (obsolete) Happening by chance; accidental
- 1595, Philip Sydney, An Apology for Poetry:
- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:accidental
Derived terms
References
- “chanceable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.