Definition of FELICITOUS

felicitous

Adjective

  • exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
    • "a felicitous speaker"

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by good fortune
    • "a felicitous life"

Adj

  • Characterized by felicity.
  • Appropriate, apt, fitting.
  • Characterized by felicity.
  • Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
  • Characterized by felicity.
  • Causing happiness or pleasure.
  • Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.

Examples

  • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous.

Origin / Etymology

From felicity + -ous.

Synonyms

happy, opportune, wealful

Scrabble Score: 15

felicitous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
felicitous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
felicitous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

felicitous: valid Words With Friends Word