Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fate; fortune.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lot; destiny; fate: an Oriental term denoting man's lot in life or any detail or incident of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Oriental Destiny; fate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Fate ; a predetermined or unavoidabledestiny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Islam) the will of Allah
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Whoever came up with the term kismet is an absolute moron.
Leox 2010
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That evening, the feeling returned -- what I called kismet yesterday.
Smorgasbord Douglas Hoffman 2005
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That evening, the feeling returned -- what I called kismet yesterday.
Archive 2005-06-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005
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Thaddeus, the only thing messing with your kismet is your denial of what you truly want.
Sin in Soul's Kitchen Andrew Oye 2009
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Ever since I read The Magic Mountain, sanitariums not rehabs! have had a romantic draw for me, and, too, it was appealing, after all, to have a firm destination, to not rely entirely on kismet, which isn't always so reliable, this being one of the drawbacks of kismet.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Yet because you are so wayward I will help you once or twice more, and then I will leave you to your own course -- which you, in your blindness, will call your kismet, not seeing that your fate is continually in your own hands -- more so at this moment than ever before.
Mr. Isaacs 1881
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The stars, or the fates or Kâli, or whatever you like to term your kismet, your portion of good and evil, allotted me a somewhat happier existence than generally falls to the share of young slaves in
Mr. Isaacs 1881
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We should hang out, clink our highball glasses, and salute the kind of kismet that competent women often need to create real achievement.
Ann Handley: Sarah and Me: Junior High with Sarah Palin 2010
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We should hang out, clink our highball glasses, and salute the kind of kismet that competent women often need to create real achievement.
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We should hang out, clink our highball glasses, and salute the kind of kismet that competent women often need to create real achievement.
Ann Handley: Sarah and Me: Junior High with Sarah Palin Ann Handley 2010
ecrivaine33 commented on the word kismet
kismet (kizmet, kizmat, kizmit) turkish from Arabic qismah portion, lot noun fate, fortune, destiny: "It’s predestined on the face of it. Yes, tell him it’s Kismet. Kismet, mallum? (Fate! Do you understand?)" (Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1901).
December 18, 2006
thinkcharlene commented on the word kismet
Kismet
February 14, 2007
arby commented on the word kismet
I like ka better. Something about this word rubs me the wrong way, but I have no idea what it is.
May 9, 2007
omegas commented on the word kismet
What really strikes me as odd is that so many pizzerias are called "Kismet"... "The last pizza you'll ever eat!"
July 1, 2009
fireproofbunny commented on the word kismet
"Kismet, it means fate" Sydney Rae White, Young Dracula Season 3
January 8, 2016
stuartmathergibson commented on the word kismet
fate, fortune (Turkish)
(Islam) the will of Allah
August 23, 2021