Felicity

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Felicity \Fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Felicities}. [OE. felicite, F.
     f['e]licit['e], fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy,
     fruitful; akin to fetus.]
     1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness;
        enjoyment of good.
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              Our own felicity we make or find.     --Johnson.
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              Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy
              and felicity.                         --Book of
                                                    Common Prayer.
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     2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying
        event; prosperity; blessing.
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              the felicities of her wonderful reign. --Atterbury.
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     3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in
        painting portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of
        expression." --Bp. Warburton.
  
     Syn: Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness.
          See {Happiness}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  felicity
       n 1: pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner
            or style of expression) [syn: {felicitousness}] [ant: {infelicity}]
       2: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from
          contentment to intense joy [syn: {happiness}] [ant: {unhappiness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  174 Moby Thesaurus words for "felicity":
     Atticism, Easy Street, admissibility, affluence, an ear for,
     an eye for, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, aptitude,
     aptness, articulateness, beatification, beatitude, becomingness,
     bed of roses, bent, bewitchment, blessedness, blessing, bliss,
     blissfulness, capacity for, chasteness, chastity, cheer,
     cheerfulness, civility, clarity, classicalism, classicism,
     clearness, cloud nine, clover, comeliness, comfort,
     command of language, command of words, correctness, decency,
     decorousness, decorum, delectation, delight, dignity, directness,
     discrimination, distinction, ease, easy circumstances, ecstasy,
     ecstatics, effective style, elation, elegance, elegancy, eloquence,
     eloquent tongue, enchantment, exaltation, exhilaration, expression,
     expressiveness, exuberance, facundity, felicitousness, finish,
     fitness, fittedness, fittingness, flair, fleshpots, flow,
     flowing periods, fluency, fortunateness, fortune, gaiety,
     genius for, genteelness, gentility, gift for, gift of expression,
     gift of gab, gladness, glee, glibness, good fortune, good luck,
     good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, gracious life,
     gracious living, graphicness, happiness, happy fortune, heaven,
     high spirits, inclination, innate aptitude, intoxication, joy,
     joyance, joyfulness, lap of luxury, leaning, life of ease,
     limpidity, loaves and fishes, lucidity, luck, luckiness, luxury,
     meaningfulness, meetness, naturalness, neatness, oratory,
     overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, pellucidity, perspicuity,
     plainness, polish, propensity, properness, propriety, prosperity,
     prosperousness, purity, qualification, rapture, ravishment,
     refinement, relevance, restraint, rhetoric, rightness, security,
     seemliness, seventh heaven, silver tongue, simplicity, slickness,
     smiles of fortune, smoothness, straightforwardness, success,
     suitability, sunshine, taste, tastefulness, tendency, terseness,
     the affluent life, the breaks, the good life, thriving condition,
     transport, turn, turn for, unaffectedness, unalloyed happiness,
     upward mobility, urbanity, velvet, vividness, weal, wealth,
     welfare, well-being
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Felicity, CA
    Zip code(s): 92283
  Felicity, OH (village, FIPS 26880)
    Location: 38.83987 N, 84.09793 W
    Population (1990): 856 (336 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 45120

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Felicity, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
     Population (2000):    922
     Housing Units (2000): 370
     Land area (2000):     0.267183 sq. miles (0.692000 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.267183 sq. miles (0.692000 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            26880
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             38.838689 N, 84.097305 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     45120
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Felicity, OH
      Felicity