felicity of phrase
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felicity — n. happiness; well chosen word or phrase. ♦ felicific, a. making happy. ♦ felicitate, v.t. congratulate; make happy. ♦ felicitation, n. ♦ felicitous, a. well chosen; apt … Dictionary of difficult words
felicity — n. (pl. ies) 1 intense happiness; being happy. 2 a cause of happiness. 3 a a capacity for apt expression; appropriateness. b an appropriate or well chosen phrase. 4 a fortunate trait. Etymology: ME f. OF feliciteacute f. L felicitas tatis f.… … Useful english dictionary
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