ACCIDENT

accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event

(noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; “winning the lottery was a happy accident”; “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”; “it was due to an accident or fortuity”

accident

(noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

accident (countable and uncountable, plural accidents)

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.

(transport, vehicle) Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.

Any chance event.

(uncountable) Chance.

Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.

(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.

(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.

(philosophy, logic) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.

(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.

(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.

(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

(legal) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

(uncountable, philosophy, uncommon) Appearance, manifestation.

Synonyms

• (unexpected event with negative consequences): mishap

• (unexpected event that takes place without foresight or expectation): befalling, chance, contingency, casualty; See also accident

• (chance): fortune, luck; see also luck

• (law): casus

Etymology

Proper noun

Accident

A town in Maryland.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac"ci*dent, n. Etym: [F. accident, fr. L. accidens, -dentis, p. pr. of accidere to happen; ad + cadere to fall. See Cadence, Case.]

1. Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.

3. (Her.)

Definition: A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

4. (Log.) (a) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute. (b) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

5. Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident. This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

6. Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Note: Accident, in Law, is equivalent to casus, or such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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