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felicityintense happiness; the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: intense happiness; the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts

Pronunciation (IPA): /fɪˈlɪsɪti/

Korean meaning: 극도의 행복, 지복; 적절한 표현력

Korean pronunciation: 펠**리**시티

Example Sentences

  • The cat achieved perfect felicity when it discovered the neighbor's fish pond.
  • Shakespeare's felicity with language made him immortal in literature.
  • My grandmother found felicity in collecting salt and pepper shakers from every restaurant she visited.

felicity

NOUN

//fɪˈlɪsɪti//

intense happiness; the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts

felicity concept
💡 Concept

Graduate experiences pure felicity holding her diploma after perfect speech

felicity rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Through velocity, complexity becomes felicity!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/fɪˈlɪsɪti/
🇬🇧 UK/fɪˈlɪsɪti/

🌳Etymology

Rootfelic
Suffix--ity

Origin

From Latin 'felicitas' meaning happiness or good fortune, derived from 'felix' meaning happy or fortunate. The word entered English through Old French 'felicité'.

🎵Rhyme

velocitycomplexityicity
velocity
complexity
icity

🔗Collocations

domestic felicity
marital felicity
felicity of expression
experience felicity
supreme felicity
felicity in writing

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The cat achieved perfect felicity when it discovered the neighbor's fish pond.

Shakespeare's felicity with language made him immortal in literature.

😄 Fun example

My grandmother found felicity in collecting salt and pepper shakers from every restaurant she visited.

The poet's felicity of expression captured the essence of human emotion.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

blissjoyhappinesseuphoriacontentment

Antonyms

miserysorrowdespair

Related

felicitousfelicitateinfelicityfelix

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