† feliciousadj.
Obsolete.
a. Happy, joyous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective]
eadyeOE
i-selic888
i-sundfulc1000
seelya1272
graciousa1387
brighta1413
happy1477
beneurous1483
benewred1483
feliciousc1485
sunshine1594
faust1676
roseate1787
as happy (or jolly, etc.) as a sandboy1821
felicitous1824
happy as Larry1905
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 947 Of felachyp most felecyows.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 352 These words..were attended by a felicious shout.
b. Fortunate, prosperous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]
i-selic888
wealyc893
blaed-fastOE
i-sundfulc1000
full-thrivenc1175
well-donea1200
wealfulc1230
i-selec1275
neotsumc1275
prosperc1350
wealsomea1382
well begonea1393
prosperable?c1422
thriftyc1440
prosperousc1450
quartful?c1475
wealthyc1480
wella1500
prospering1587
felicious1599
thriving1607
felicitous1641
prospered1651
well-faring1712
well-doing1800
made-up1956
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune
eadilyOE
blessedc1175
selec1225
yblessed1297
fortunedc1374
fortunatec1386
happya1393
happenc1400
well-fortunedc1425
lucklyc1450
fortunablec1470
fortunousc1470
well-fortunate1474
richc1478
lucky?1510
comical?1569
well1577
propitious1581
felicious1599
auspicious1616
felicitous1641
bonifate1656
faust1676
weirdly1807
arsey1953
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 110/1 His brethren..have..experimentede the same, with felicious event.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A3 In all, which [wars] she was ever felicious [1735 felicitous] and victorious.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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