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单词 felicity
释义
felicityfe‧li‧ci‧ty /fɪˈlɪsəti/ noun formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfelicity
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French felicité, from Latin felix ‘happy’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He demonstrated a concern for the felicity of his children.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In these works Traherne expresses his vision of the felicity for which mankind was created.
  • It is a book full of minor felicities.
  • She made you feel that you were an expected felicity to her.
  • The aim was to surround lithe John with domestic objects and so turn his mind to conjugal felicity.
  • This must be a human felicity as high as any that is possible.
  • With this felicity of thinking, they easily bridged the physical and social sciences, from biology to psychology to sociology.
1[uncountable] happiness:  domestic felicity2[uncountable] the quality of being well-chosen or suitable:  a felicity of language3felicities [plural] British English formal suitable or well-chosen remarks or details
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