felicity

CEFRC2

/fɪˈlɪsɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Great happiness or a very pleasant situation.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

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

  • His speech was pleased by its accuracy, felicity, and fluency.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [-ɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The condition of being happy., An instance of intense happiness.

  2. Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.

  3. The condition of being happy.

More examples

In context

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

  • The quotation was rendered with felicity.

  • [T]he wiſe Man gave his Teſtimony to this, as the juſt Standard of true Felicity, when he prayed to have neither Poverty nor Riches.

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Origin

noun

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)).