English-Thai Dictionary

felicity

N การ มีความสุข อย่างมาก  ความ ปลื้มปิติ  ความรู้สึก ยินดี  happiness joyfulness ecstasy unhappiness misery kan-me-kwam-suk-yang-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FELICITY

n.[L. felicitas, from felix, happy. ] 1. Happiness, or rather great happiness; blessedness; blissfulness; appropriately, the joys of heaven.
2. Prosperity; blessing; enjoyment of good.
The felicities of her wonderful reign may be complete.
Females - who confer on life its finest felicities.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FELICITY

Fe *lic "i *ty, n.; pl. Felicities. Etym: [OE. felicite, F. félicité, fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus. ]

 

1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. Our own felicity we make or find. Johnson. Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. Book of Common Prayer.

 

2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. the felicities of her wonderful reign. Atterbury.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

felicity

fe lic i ty |fəˈlisətē fəˈlɪsədi | ▶noun ( pl. felicities ) 1 intense happiness: domestic felicity. 2 the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts: speech that pleased by its accuracy, felicity, and fluency. • a particularly effective feature of a work of literature or art: the King James version, thanks to its felicities of language, ruled supreme. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French felicite, from Latin felicitas, from felix, felic- ‘happy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

felicity

fe |li ¦city |fɪˈlɪsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. felicities ) [ mass noun ] 1 intense happiness: domestic felicity. 2 the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts: he exposed the kernel of the matter with his customary elegance and felicity. • [ count noun ] a particularly effective feature of a work of literature or art: a book full of minor felicities. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French felicite, from Latin felicitas, from felix, felic- ‘happy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

felicity

felicity noun 1 domestic felicity: happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, bliss, delight, cheerfulness; contentedness, satisfaction, pleasure. ANTONYMS unhappiness. 2 David expressed his feelings with his customary felicity: eloquence, aptness, appropriateness, suitability, suitableness, applicability, fitness, relevance, pertinence. ANTONYMS inappropriateness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

felicity

felicity noun 1 a scene of domestic felicity: happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, rapture, bliss, euphoria, delight, cheer, cheerfulness, gaiety; contentedness, satisfaction, pleasure, fulfilment; transports. ANTONYMS unhappiness. 2 David expressed his feelings with his customary felicity: eloquence, aptness, appropriateness, suitability, suitableness, applicability, fitness, relevance, pertinence, correctness, rightness. ANTONYMS inappropriateness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

felicity

fe lic i ty /fəlɪ́səti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 至福, 歓喜, 幸福 .2 U ｟文 ｠適切さ ; 望ましさ .3 C 適切な表現 .