Felicity definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Felicity is the quality of being good, pleasant, or desirable. [literary] ...his conversational manner and easy verbal felicity. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'felicity'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× felicity (fɪlɪsɪti ) 1. uncountablenoun Felicityisgreathappinessandpleasure. [literary]...joyandfelicity. 2. uncountablenoun Felicityisthequalityofbeinggood,pleasant,ordesirable. [literary]...hisconversationalmannerandeasyverbalfelicity. MoreSynonymsoffelicity COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'felicity' LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'croquet' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency felicityinBritishEnglish (fɪˈlɪsɪtɪ ) nounWordforms:plural-ties1. happiness;joy 2. acauseofhappiness 3. anappropriateexpressionorstyle 4. thequalityordisplayofsuchexpressionsorstyle 5. philosophy appropriateness(ofaspeechact).TheperformativeIappointyouambassadorcanonlypossessfelicityifutteredbyoneinwhomtheauthorityforsuchappointmentsisvested CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC14:fromLatinfēlīcitāshappiness,fromfēlixhappy WordFrequency felicityinAmericanEnglish (fəˈlɪsɪti ) nounWordforms:pluralfeˈlicities1.  happiness;bliss 2.  anythingproducinghappiness;goodfortune 3.  aqualityorknackofappropriateandpleasingexpressioninwriting,speaking,painting,etc. 4.  anaptexpressionorthought Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEfelicite