FELICITY

felicity, felicitousness

(noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

happiness, felicity

(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

felicity (countable and uncountable, plural felicities)

(uncountable) Happiness.

Antonym: infelicity

(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.

(uncountable, semiotics, semiology) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.

(countable) Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.

Etymology

Proper noun

Felicity

A female given name from English.

Source: Wiktionary


Fe*lic"i*ty, n.; pl. Felicities. Etym: [OE. felicite, F. félicité, fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.]

1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. Our own felicity we make or find. Johnson. Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. Book of Common Prayer.

2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. the felicities of her wonderful reign. Atterbury.

3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of expression." Bp. Warburton.

Syn.

– Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See Happiness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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