different between felicitous vs wealful

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

English

Alternative forms

• wealefull (obsolete)
• welful (Scottish)

Etymology

From Middle English welful, weoleful, equivalent to weal +? -ful.

Adjective

wealful (comparative more wealful, superlative most wealful)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Successful; prosperous.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Happy; joyful; felicitous.

Synonyms

• (successful): fortunate, roaring; see also Thesaurus:prosperous
• (happy): glad, merry; see also Thesaurus:happy

Derived terms

• wealfully

Anagrams

• awefull