felicity

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
3. (rare, uncountable) Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
4. (uncountable) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.
5. (countable) Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
6. (uncountable) Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.

Opposite of

infelicity

Synonyms

happiness

bliss

prosperity

blessedness

pleasure

beatitude

wealth

delight

felicitousness

gladness

luster

merriment

satisfaction

splendor

splendour

success

good fortune

happy life

ecstasy

appositeness

patness

beatification

blissfulness

comfort

ease

enjoyment

glory

joy

😂

joyfulness

joyousness

Translations

felicidad

félicité

felicità

felicidade

geluk

🍀

contentezza

Glück

felicitat

bextewarî

alegria

😂

beatitas

felicitat

joie

😂

ευδαιμονία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪˈlɪsɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: felicite

Cognate with French: félicité

In summary

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 fēlix (“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)).