Bible Dictionaries
Fortuitous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

(2):

(a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fortuitous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fortuitous.html. 1828.