Meaning

8 senses
  1. (uncountable)The condition of being happy.

  2. The condition of being happy.

    (uncountable)Intense happiness.

  3. (countable)An instance of intense happiness.

  4. (uncountable)An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.

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

  5. (rare, uncountable)Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.

  6. (uncountable)Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.

    The quotation was rendered with felicity.

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

  8. (uncountable)Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. His speech was pleased by its accuracy, felicity, and fluency.

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  2. Felicity was born an adorable kitten and grew up to be an adorable cat.

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  3. Felicity likes watching telly.

    deFelicja sieht gerne fern.

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  4. Tom's cat Felicity is skittish, but once you've befriended her, she won't leave you alone.

    ruФелиция, кошка Тома, пуглива, но если однажды вы с ней подружились, она не оставит вас в одиночестве.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happi

From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French felicité (modern French félicité (“bliss, happiness; felicity”)), from Latin fēlīcitātem, the accusative singular of fēlīcitās (“fertility, fruitfulness; happiness, felicity; good fortune; success”), from fēlīx (“happy; blessed, fortunate, lucky; fertile, fruitful; prosperous; auspicious, favourable”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”)) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).

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Forms

plural: felicities
Singularfelicity
Pluralfelicities

regular

Synonyms

50 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression):felicitousness
  • state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy:happiness

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

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