Thursday, May 9, 2013

kismet -- Willie

kis·met (kzmt, -mt)
n.
Fate; fortune.

[Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot; see qsm in Semitic roots.]

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Willie is a child kissed by kismet.

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