noun
felicity
fuh-LIS-uh-tee/fəˈlɪsəti/
Great happiness or contentment.
She finds lasting felicity in a quiet life with her family.
Etymology
The Latin root connected happiness and good fortune with fruitfulness: productive crops brought well-being. Felicity preserves the happiness side of that agricultural association.
In context
And he talks about the great benefit of this is the constant felicity of his life,
that we are hastening together toward perfect felicity.
More examples
- Their letters describe years of domestic felicity.
- For him, felicity means good health and close friends.
- They wish the newlyweds a lifetime of felicity.
Similar words
- happiness
- The everyday term, broader and less formal than felicity.
- bliss
- Suggests complete, often intense happiness rather than quiet satisfaction.
- contentment
- Emphasizes peaceful satisfaction rather than great joy or delight.