- the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss: marital felicity.
- an instance of this.
- a source of happiness.
- a skillful faculty: felicity of expression.
- an instance or display of this: the many felicities of the poem.
- good fortune.
- a female given name, form of Felicia.
- happiness; joy
- a cause of happiness
- an appropriate expression or style
- the quality or display of such expressions or style
- appropriateness (of a speech act). The performative I appoint you ambassador can only possess felicity if uttered by one in whom the authority for such appointments is vested
