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felicity definition

fe·lic·ity (fə lisi tē)

noun pl. felicities -·ties

  1. happiness; bliss
  2. anything producing happiness; good fortune
  3. a quality or knack of appropriate and pleasing expression in writing, speaking, painting, etc.
  4. an apt expression or thought

Etymology: ME felicite < OFr felicité < L felicitas, happiness < felix (gen. felicis), happy, orig., fertile, fruitful, nourishing: for IE base see female

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