felicity
11felicity — *happiness, bliss, beatitude, blessedness Analogous words: rapture, transport, *ecstasy: joy, delight, delectation, *pleasure, fruition Antonyms: misery …
12felicity — ► NOUN (pl. felicities) 1) complete happiness. 2) the ability to express oneself appropriately. 3) a felicitous feature of a work of literature or art. ORIGIN Latin felicitas, from felix happy …
13felicity — [fə lis′i tē] n. pl. felicities [ME felicite < OFr felicité < L felicitas, happiness < felix (gen. felicis), happy, orig., fertile, fruitful, nourishing: for IE base see FEMALE] 1. happiness; bliss 2. anything producing happiness; good… …
14Felicity — infobox television show name = Felicity caption = Felicity intertitle format = Drama runtime = approx. 45 min. creator = J. J. Abrams Matt Reeves starring = Keri Russell Scott Speedman Tangi Miller Scott Foley Amanda Foreman Greg Grunberg Amy Jo… …
15felicity — [[t]fɪlɪ̱sɪti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Felicity is great happiness and pleasure. [LITERARY] ...joy and felicity. Syn: joy 2) N UNCOUNT Felicity is the quality of being good, pleasant, or desirable. [LITERARY] ...his conversational manner and easy verbal …
16felicity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English felicite, from Anglo French felicité, from Latin felicitat , felicitas, from felic , felix fruitful, happy more at feminine Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of being happy; especially… …
17felicity — /fi lis i tee/, n., pl. felicities. 1. the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss: marital felicity. 2. an instance of this. 3. a source of happiness. 4. a skillful faculty: felicity of expression. 5. an instance or display of this:… …
18felicity — fe|li|ci|ty [fıˈlısıti] n formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: felicité, from Latin felix happy ] 1.) [U] happiness ▪ domestic felicity 2.) [U] the quality of being well chosen or suitable ▪ a felicity of language …
19felicity — noun formal 1 (U) happiness: domestic felicity 2 (U) the quality of being well chosen or suitable: the felicity of this arrangement 3 felicities (plural) suitable or well chosen remarks or details …
20felicity — [14] Felicity and its relatives felicitous [18] and felicitate [17] all come ultimately from Latin fēlīx. This originally meant ‘fruitful’ (it is probably related to English fecund and foetus) but by classical times had progressed semantically… …
