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Serendipity

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DefinitionThe occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Part Of SpeechNoun
Pronunciation/ˌsɛɹ.ən.ˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/

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response.json
1{
2 "word": "serendipity",
3 "language": "English",
4 "partOfSpeech": "noun",
5 "definition": "The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.",
6 "etymology": "Coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, from the fairy tale 'The Three Princes of Serendip'.",
7 "pronunciation": "/ˌsɛɹ.ən.ˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/"
8}

Code Snippets

request.sh
1"color:#c084fc">curl -X "color:#fbbf24">GET "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php"
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