Felicity Definition

fĭ-lĭsĭ-tē
felicities
noun
felicities
Happiness; bliss.
Webster's New World
An instance of great happiness.
American Heritage
A cause or source of happiness.
American Heritage
A quality or knack of appropriate and pleasing expression in writing, speaking, painting, etc.
Webster's New World
Anything producing happiness; good fortune.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Felicity

Noun

Singular:
felicity
Plural:
felicities

Origin of Felicity

  • Middle English felicite from Old French felicite from Latin fēlīcitās from fēlīx fēlīc- fortunate dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Latin Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French felicite, from Latin felicitās (“luck”), from Latin felix (“lucky”).

    From Wiktionary

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