happenchance
English
Etymology
Apparently from happen + chance, perhaps influenced by happenstance.
Noun
happenchance (plural happenchances)
- (informal, originally regional) A coincidental occurrence.
- 1955, Henry van der Schalie, quoting Goodrich, “Calvin Goodrich, 1874-1954”, in University of Michigan Summer Session 1955 Announcement, page 12:
- It may be that some day I will find a respectable population of shells, but that will be mere happenchance.
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Synonyms
- happenstance
Adjective
happenchance (comparative more happenchance, superlative most happenchance)
- Characterized by happenstance; chance; fortunate or unfortunate.
- 2017, Iain MacKenzie, Irenaeus's Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, page 142:
- The advent of the Son in the flesh is no happenchance occurrence: it has a hinterland of deliberate and necessary preparation.
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References
- “happenchance, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
