hapchance
hap·chance
Happening or met with by chanceHappening or met with by chance; chance, casual, random, haphazard.
UK/ˈhapˌtʃɑːns/US/ˈhæpˌtʃæn(t)s/
Meaning
1 senses(literary, not comparable, rare)Happening or met with by chance; chance, casual, random, haphazard.
Origin
hap (“luck, fortune, chance”) + chance (“chance, fortune”): a tautological compound, in whhap (“luck, fortune, chance”) + chance (“chance, fortune”): a tautological compound, in which both elements independently mean “chance”. Compare the similarly redundant haphazard (hap + hazard), and the synonymous happenchance and happenstance. Recorded from 1866, but attested chiefly in literary prose of the 20th century.
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