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felicitous

English

Etymology

From felicity +? -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /f??l?s?t?s/
  • Hyphenation: fe?li?cit?ous

Adjective

felicitous (comparative more felicitous, superlative most felicitous)

  1. Characterized by felicity.
    Antonyms: infelicitous, unfelicitous
    1. Appropriate, apt, fitting.
      Synonyms: opportune, (dialectal or obsolete) wealful
    2. Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
    3. Causing happiness or pleasure.
  2. (linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
    Antonym: infelicitous

Derived terms

Related terms

  • felicity

Translations

References

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germaine

French

Adjective

germaine

  1. feminine singular of germain

Anagrams

  • graminĂ©e

Middle English

Noun

germaine

  1. Alternative form of Germanie

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