felicitous

adj
/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/US

Etymology

From felicity + -ous.

  1. derived from *dʰeh₁(y)- — “to nurse, suckle
  2. derived from fēlīcitātem
  3. derived from felicité
  4. inherited from felicite — “bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position
  5. suffixed as felicitous — “felicity + ous

Definitions

  1. Characterized by felicity.

    • As a post-prandial speaker, however, Thackeray was undeniably the reverse of felicitous.
    • The recommendations of the experts, however, have not proved very felicitous. […] [S]cant regard has been paid to Albania's much stronger claims, both on ethnographical and on strategical grounds, in the North, […]
  2. Of a sentence or utterance

    Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.

    • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA