felicitousadj.
/fᵻˈlɪsᵻtəs/, U.S. /fəˈlɪsᵻdəs/ Characterized by felicity.
1. † b. Fortunate, prosperous, successful. Obsolete.
a. Indicative of or marked by extreme happiness; blissful. rare.
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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
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 606 I am well aware of that felicitous palpitation of heart.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. i. 29 In the refinement of their highly educated..benevolent, and felicitous lives.
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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
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A3 In all, which [wars] she was ever felicious [1735 felicitous] and victorious.
2.
a. Of an action, expression, manner, etc.: Admirably suited to the occasion; strikingly apt or appropriate.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite
happya1400
germanea1525
conferent?1541
well-applieda1586
nicking1598
apt1600
punctual1609
apposite1621
collineant1638
pat1647
apropos1691
felicitous1789
treffend1850
bang on1936
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > apt or felicitous
exquisite?a1505
exquised1521
well-chosen1561
well-chose1595
apt1600
lucky1670
felicitous1867
1789 P. Stuart Let. to Burns 5 Aug. His manner was so felicitous, that he enraptured every person around him.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 519 A felicitous adaptation of the organ to the object.
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism i. 2 A Reform Ministry has ‘put down..Chartism’ in the most felicitous effectual manner.
1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xxvii. 528 We esteemed it a felicitous rounding off of our journey.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 190 This striking essay..abounds in..felicitous comparisons.
1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) v. 120 A felicitous illustration.
b. Of persons: Happy or pleasantly apt in expression, manner, or style.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > apt or felicitous > of persons
felicitous1821
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 283/2 Felicitous in jests upon his own figure.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 765 The witty, the felicitous, the inimitable Fontaine.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 389 He is..sometimes singularly felicitous, in striking out insulated views.
Derivatives
feˈlicitousness n. the quality or state of being felicitous.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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