Eucatastrophe
A sudden and unexpected fortuitous event.
Coined in 1944 by JRR Tolkien, who defined it as
‘the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears’.
The Lord of the Rings author was an expert etymologist,
and worked on the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
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