felicitous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.2.5 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin felicitās (“‘luck’”) < Latin felix (“‘lucky’”).

[edit] Adjective

felicitous (comparative more felicitous, superlative most felicitous)

1. Well-fitting, happening at the right time.
2. Working out well.
3. (linguistics, of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context.
   • This sentence is grammatical, it is just not felicitous.

[edit] Synonyms

• (happening at the right time): appropriate, opportune, apt
• (working out well): fortunate, opportune

[edit] Antonyms

• (linguistics: semantically coherent): unfelicitous, grammatical/ungrammatical

[edit] Related terms

• felicity

[edit] Derived terms

• felicitously
• felicitousness
• unfelicitous

[edit] Translations