happenchance

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happenchance

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Apparently from happen + chance, perhaps influenced by happenstance.

noun happenchances

  1. countable, informal, uncountable Coincidence. It may be that some day I will find a respectable population of shells, but that will be mere happenchance.

    Similar: hapchance, happenstance

adjective

  1. not comparable Characterized by happenstance; chance; fortunate or unfortunate. 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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@misc{happenchance_2026,
  title = {happenchance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/happenchance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}