Felicity
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Happiness; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable
"Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite."
- 2 pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) wordnet
- 3 An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words. uncountable
- 4 state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy wordnet
- 5 Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic. rare, uncountable
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- 6 Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. uncountable
"The quotation was rendered with felicity."
- 7 Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt. countable
"[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne."
- 8 Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility. uncountable
"In equation (19.24) U#95;C(#92;cdot) is the marginal felicity of consumption[.]"
- 1 A female given name from English.
"Fliss had them. Felicity Benson, Happiness Benson. Except she's not very happy at the moment, not with me."
Example
More examples"Felicity was born an adorable kitten and grew up to be an adorable cat."
Etymology
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)).
From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Latin Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs.
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