felicity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /fɪˈlɪsɪti/    美 /fəˈlɪsəti/|[-ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being happy.; Intense happiness. uncountable
    — Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite.
  2. The condition of being happy.; An instance of intense happiness. countable
  3. An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words. uncountable
  4. Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic. rare,uncountable
  5. Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. uncountable
    — The quotation was rendered with felicity.
  6. Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt. countable
    — […] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne.
  7. Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility. uncountable
    — In equation (19.24) U#95;C(#92;cdot) is the marginal felicity of consumption[.]

词形变化

felicities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
felicitous felicitously infelicity unfelicity
相关词
felicific felicificability felicificative felicitate felicitation felicitator

词源

From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French felicité (modern French félicité (“bliss, happiness; felicity”)), from Latin fēlīcitātem, the accusative singular of fēlīcitās (“fertility, fruitfulness; happiness, felicity; good fortune; success”), from fēlīx (“happy; blessed, fortunate, lucky; fertile, fruitful; prosperous; auspicious, favourable”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”)) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).
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