felicity
Meanings
noun
- The condition of being happy.
- Intense happiness.
- An instance of intense happiness.
- An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
- Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
- Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.
- Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
- Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.
name
- A female given name from English.
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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)).
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