This week’s theme
Yours to discover

This week’s words
senescence
tromometer
happenchance
natant
succus

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PRONUNCIATION:

(HAP-uhn-chans)

MEANING:

noun: A chance occurrence.
adjective: Resulting from chance.

ETYMOLOGY:

Alteration of happenstance, a blend of happening + circumstance. Earliest documented use: 1847.

USAGE:

“Whether this came from happenchance or a carefully crafted winning formula is not clear.”
Richard Kitheka; Author Jackie Collins Revealed Hollywood Decadence to World; Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya); Oct 9, 2015.

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