| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fe·lic·i·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -ls -t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fe·lic·i·ties
1a. Great happiness; bliss. b. An instance of great happiness. 2. A cause or source of happiness. 3a. An appropriate and pleasing manner or style: felicity of expression. b. An instance of appropriate and pleasing manner or style. 4. Archaic Good fortune. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English felicite, from Old French felicite, from Latin fl cit s, from flx, flc-, fortunate. See dh(i)- in Appendix I.
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