'Felicity' definitions:
Definition of 'felicity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) [syn: felicity, felicitousness] [ant: infelicity]
noun
State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy [syn: happiness, felicity] [ant: unhappiness]
Definition of 'Felicity'
From: GCIDE
- Felicity \Fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. Felicities. [OE. felicite, F. f['e]licit['e], fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.]
- 1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. [1913 Webster]
- Our own felicity we make or find. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. --Book of Common Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. [1913 Webster]
- the felicities of her wonderful reign. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of expression." --Bp. Warburton.
- Syn: Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See Happiness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'felicity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissibility,
- affluence,
- an ear for,
- an eye for,
- applicability,
- appositeness,
- appropriateness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- articulateness,
- Atticism,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- becomingness,
- bed of roses,
- bent,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- blessing,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- capacity for,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- civility,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clearness,
- cloud nine,
- clover,
- comeliness,
- comfort,
- command of language,
- command of words,
- correctness,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- delectation,
- delight,
- dignity,
- directness,
- discrimination,
- distinction,
- ease,
- easy circumstances,
- Easy Street,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- effective style,
- elation,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- eloquence,
- eloquent tongue,
- enchantment,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- expression,
- expressiveness,
- exuberance,
- facundity,
- felicitousness,
- finish,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- fittingness,
- flair,
- fleshpots,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- fortunateness,
- fortune,
- gaiety,
- genius for,
- genteelness,
- gentility,
- gift for,
- gift of expression,
- gift of gab,
- gladness,
- glee,
- glibness,
- good fortune,
- good luck,
- good taste,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- graphicness,
- happiness,
- happy fortune,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- inclination,
- innate aptitude,
- intoxication,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- lap of luxury,
- leaning,
- life of ease,
- limpidity,
- loaves and fishes,
- lucidity,
- luck,
- luckiness,
- luxury,
- meaningfulness,
- meetness,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- oratory,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- pellucidity,
- perspicuity,
- plainness,
- polish,
- propensity,
- properness,
- propriety,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- purity,
- qualification,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- refinement,
- relevance,
- restraint,
- rhetoric,
- rightness,
- security,
- seemliness,
- seventh heaven,
- silver tongue,
- simplicity,
- slickness,
- smiles of fortune,
- smoothness,
- straightforwardness,
- success,
- suitability,
- sunshine,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- tendency,
- terseness,
- the affluent life,
- the breaks,
- the good life,
- thriving condition,
- transport,
- turn,
- turn for,
- unaffectedness,
- unalloyed happiness,
- upward mobility,
- urbanity,
- velvet,
- vividness,
- weal,
- wealth,
- welfare,
- well-being
Felicity, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Felicity, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
922
Housing Units (2000) :
370
Land area (2000) :
0.267183 sq. miles (0.692000 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.267183 sq. miles (0.692000 sq. km)
FIPS code :
26880
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
38.838689 N, 84.097305 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
45120
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.