Felicity
noun
The state of being happy, especially in a high degree.
The felicity on her face was evident as she won the lottery.
Often appears as...
- absolute felicity
- eternal felicity
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Formal
noun
The ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts.
Her felicity with words makes her a great poet.
Often appears as...
- felicity of expression
- felicity with language
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Academic
noun
A high degree of gratification or pleasure; joy.
The couple enjoyed their honeymoon in felicity.
Often appears as...
- pure felicity
- unending felicity
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Romantic
noun
An instance of being happy.
The day she graduated was a felicity that she would never forget.
Often appears as...
- moments of felicity
- felicity of the occasion
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Formal
noun
The state of being happy, especially in a high degree.
The felicity on her face was evident as she won the lottery.
Often appears as...
- absolute felicity
- eternal felicity
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts.
Her felicity with words makes her a great poet.
Often appears as...
- felicity of expression
- felicity with language
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A high degree of gratification or pleasure; joy.
The couple enjoyed their honeymoon in felicity.
Often appears as...
- pure felicity
- unending felicity
Usage tips
Formal
Romantic
noun
An instance of being happy.
The day she graduated was a felicity that she would never forget.
Often appears as...
- moments of felicity
- felicity of the occasion
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/2Degree of Happiness
Felicity implies happiness to an intense level, more than general contentment or pleasure.
She lived a life of felicity, surrounded by loving family.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Permanent
Felicity can refer to temporary states; it does not necessarily mean everlasting happiness.
The laughter of children brought a moment of felicity to the park.
Compare with
blisscontentmentdelightecstasyeuphoriaexhilaratehappyjoypleasure
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Speech acts: Constative...
"I do" has acted upon them and profoundly changed their world. However, performatives depend on context and reception. These are known as felicity conditions. Imagine if the mayor showed up to the wedding and said, "By the power vested in me as mayor of the city,
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Béatrice Coron: Stories...
"Chaos City." "Daily Battles." "FeliCity."
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Speech acts: Constative...
"I do" has acted upon them and profoundly changed their world. However, performatives depend on context and reception. These are known as felicity conditions. Imagine if the mayor showed up to the wedding and said, "By the power vested in me as mayor of the city,
Video examples
Béatrice Coron: Stories...
"Chaos City." "Daily Battles." "FeliCity."
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Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Do not let us despair of the cause of liberty: it is still dear to the hearts of Frenchmen, and we shall one day have the felicity of seeing it established in our beloved country.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
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Edmund Spenser
English Poet
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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George Meredith
English Novelist
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Happy Feet' has many felicities.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Quote examples
Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Do not let us despair of the cause of liberty: it is still dear to the hearts of Frenchmen, and we shall one day have the felicity of seeing it established in our beloved country.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
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Edmund Spenser
English Poet
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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George Meredith
English Novelist
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Happy Feet' has many felicities.
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