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Webster 1913 Edition
Felicity
Fe-lic′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Felicities
(#)
. [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.
Syn. – Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See
Happiness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Felicity
FELIC'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Happiness, or rather great happiness; blessedness; blissfulness; appropriately, the joys of heaven.2.
Prosperity; blessing; enjoyment of good. The felicities of her wonderful reign may be complete.
Females - who confer on life its finest felicities.
Definition 2024
Felicity
Felicity
See also: felicity
English
Proper noun
Felicity
- A female given name.
- 2010 Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-0-340-98062-0, page 130:
- Fliss had them. Felicity Benson, Happiness Benson. Except she's not very happy at the moment, not with me.
- 2010 Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-0-340-98062-0, page 130:
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Translations
felicity
felicity
See also: Felicity
English
Noun
felicity (uncountable)
- Happiness.
- between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austen, chapter 1, in Mansfield Park:
- ... and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year.
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- Apt and pleasing style in writing, speech, etc.
- Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
- (semiotics, semiology) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. eg. "The quotation was rendered with felicity."
Antonyms
- (happiness): infelicity
Derived terms
Terms derived from "felicity"
Translations
happiness — see happiness
apt and pleasing style in writing, speech, etc.