Felicitous

Definitions: Felicitous

Felicitous

Adjective

1. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker".

2. Marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome".

Date "felicitous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Synonym: Felicitous

Synonym: happy (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: infelicitous (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agreement	Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
Elegance	Felicitous, happy, neat; well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed
Pain	Charming; delightful, felicitous, exquisite; lovely; (beautiful); ravishing, rapturous; heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic; beatic; beatific; seraphic; empyrean; elysian; (heavenly).
Skill	Clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive; shrewd, sharp, on the ball; (intelligent); cunning; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet.
Success	Adjective: succeeding; Verb: successful; prosperous; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten; (see beat; Verb:); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Felicitous

English words defined with "felicitous": felicitously ♦ happy ♦ well-chosen. (references)

Specialty definitions using "felicitous": Trite Expressions. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Felicitous Space: Imaginative Structures of Edith Wharton and Willa Cather (reference) Language Processing in Discourse: A Key to Felicitous Translation (Routledge Studies in Germaniclinguistics) (reference) The Cat Lover's Book of Fascinating Facts: A Felicitous Look at Felines (reference) The Quotable Cat: A Cat Lover's Compendium of Observations on the Felicitous Feline (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Felicitous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Felicitous" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	39	55,036

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "felicitous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shumë i përshtatshëm, i mbarë (auspicious, favorable, favourable, flourishing), i lumtur (blessed, blissful, carefree, fortunate, happy, joyful, joyous, lucky). (various references)

Arabic		‏في الوقت المناسب (at rest, in due course, in the nick of time, opportunely, pat), ‏مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏موفق (fit, mediator, proper), ‏ناجح (coming, effective, infallible, prosperous, succeeded, successful), ‏سعيد (auspicious, blessed, blissful, blithe, carefree, fortuitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, happy go lucky, high, in high spirits, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, pi, pollyanna, providential, thankful, unstressed, upbeat), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous). (various references)

Bulgarian		уместен (advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, germane, good, happy, neat, opportune, pertinent, poignant, pointful, proper, relevant, timely, to the point, well timed, well-judged), удачен, на място (happily). (various references)

Czech		vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suitable, suited), výstižný (accurate, apt, cogent, snappy), případný (appropriate, incidental, opportune, pertinent, prospective). (various references)

French		réussi, heureux, bien trouvé. (various references)

German		glücklich (blessed, by luck, felicitously, fortunate, golden, happily, happy, lucky, palmy, prosperous, providential, serendipitous, through luck), treffend (apposite, apt, happily, incisive, striking, to the point). (various references)

Greek		εύστοχοσ (well aimed), επιτυχήσ (successful, winning), ευτυχήσ (happy). (various references)

Hebrew		מוצלח (fortunate, lucky, successful), �"ולם (adequate, appropriate, congruous, fit, fitting, meet, suitable). (various references)

Hungarian		találó (apposite, appropriate, apt, effective, incisive, neat, pertinent), szerencsés (apt, benign, favored, favoured, fortunate, godspeed, gracious, happy, lucky, lucky to get off with a whole skin, neat, providential, to be in luck, to click, well), vidám (amused, blithe, blithe as a lark, bobbish, cheerful, chirpy, comic, comical, daft, dashing, droll, exhilarated, frisky, frolicsome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, jaunty, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light hearted, light-hearted, mellow, merry, mirthful, playful, rejoicing, rollicking, sprightly, sunny, to be in high spirits), illő (appropriate, becoming, decent, fit, pertinent, respectable, right, seemly, sisterly), helyesen választott, helyesen alkalmazott, boldog (beaming, beatific, blessed, blissful, felicitate, glad, gladsome, happy, palmy, sunny, to be fain to do sg). (various references)

Italian		felice (fortunate, glad, good, halcyon, happy, joyful, lucky, pleased). (various references)

Manx		traaoil (apposite, apropos, apt, fitting, fortunate, opportune, punctual, seasonable, timely, topical), jesh (adept, becoming, elegant, fancy, groomed, neat, ready, righthand, rightwing, seemly, smart, starboard;nice, suitable, tidy, trim). (various references)

Pig Latin		elicitousfay

Portuguese		feliz (blissful, carefree, fortunate, fortunately, gay, glad to meet you, gladsome, happy, joyous, lucky, merry, Palmyra, prostate, providential, successful), congratular, apropriado (adequate, applicable, apposite, appropriate, becoming, competent, conforming, congruous, decent, fitting, good, happy, like minded, opportune, proper, rightdown, seemly, suitable), aprazível (agreeable, enjoyable, enjoyment, fine, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing). (various references)

Romanian		fericit (beatific, beatifical, blessed, blithe, fortunate, glad, happily, happy, joyful, successful), reuşit (able, apt, good, Pat, successful, successfully, well), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), excepţional (awful, beyond compare, exceptional, exceptionally, exceptive, extraordinary, fine, highly satisfactory, outstanding, rarely, smashing, special, topping, uncommon, wonderfully), binevenit (salutary, seasonable, timely, welcome). (various references)

Russian		удачный (fortunate, happy, ingenious, well turned, well-turned). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zgodan (appropriate, apt, attractive, comely, convenient, good looking, handsome, nice-looking, occasional, opportune, pat, suitable), umesan, podesan (becoming, compatible, fitting, opportune, pat, proper, ready, snug, suitable, timely, well-suited). (various references)

Spanish		feliz (blessed, blest, blissful, happy, lucky, slaphappy), alegre (airy, blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, chipper, Chirk, chirpy, chuffed, contentious, convivial, debonair, gamesome, gay, glad, happy, high-spirited, holiday, jaunty, jocose, jolly, joyful, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, pert, playful, pleased, rollicking, sportful, sporty, swinging, upbeat, zappy). (various references)

Swedish		lycklig (blessed, fortunate, happy, lucky, successful), lyckad (happy, successful). (various references)

Thai		ความเหมาะสม (aptitude, fitness). (various references)

Turkish		yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, delighted, elated, happy, merry, palmy, rejoicing). (various references)

Ukranian		щасливий (blessed, blithe, chancy, fortunate, golden, happy, joyful, joyous, lucky, overjoyed, palmy, providential, thrifty), вдалий (apposite, chancy, happy, lucky, prosperous, successful), доречний (apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, apt, opportune, pertinent, relevant, well timed). (various references)

Vietnamese		rất thích hợp, rất khéo léo, hạnh phúc (bliss, blissful, felicity, luckiness, mercy, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "felicitous": felicitously, felicitousness, felicitousnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "felicitous": infelicitous. (additional references)
	Words containing "felicitous": infelicitously. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Felicitous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falicious, falicitous, felcitous, felecitous, felicicous, felicious, felicitas, felicitious, felicitou, felictious, felictous, felitcitous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "felicitous" (pronounced fuli"sutus)
8	-u l i" s u t u s	solicitous.
7	-l i" s u t u s	duplicitous.
4	-u t u s	calamitous, circuitous, emeritus, fortuitous, gratuitous, gravitas, impetus, precipitous, prophetess, riotous, serendipitous, ubiquitous.
3	-t u s	apparatus, apprentice, armistice, arthritis, asbestos, berettas, bronchitis, cactus, countess, detritus, encephalitis, eucalyptus, fetus, gastritis, glottis, gratis, hepatitis, hiatus, hostess, injustice, justice, laryngitis, lattice, lettuce, Lotus, malpractice, margaritas, mastoiditis, meningitis, momentous, notice, osteoarthritis, portentous, poultice, priestess, prospectus, robustas, situs, status, Stratus, tortoise, treatise.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-i-l-o-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: felsitic, outflies, sulfitic.
	-3 letters: citoles, colitis, elicits, fictile, foulest, iolites, luetics, oculist, oiliest, outlies, solicit, sulfite, utilise.
	-4 letters: cestoi, cities, citole, clefts, clifts, closet, clouts, coitus, coleus, colies, coulis, culets, cuties, elicit, ficoes, filets, filose, fistic, fliest, flites, flouts, flutes, foetus, fucose, fusile, fustic, futile, iciest, iolite, itself, locust, louies, luetic, oscule, outlie.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-i-l-o-s-t-u"
	+2 letters: felicitously, infectiously, infelicitous.
	+3 letters: liquefactions.
	+4 letters: emulsification, felicitousness, folliculitises, infelicitously, semifunctional.
	+5 letters: emulsifications, functionalities.
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