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Today's Word "felicitous"

Happy or delightful on

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felicitous \fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; apt. 2 : Happy; delightful; marked by good fortune.

"'My lord, may I tender my most felicitous wishes for a hasty recovery?' ... 'You may tender more than felicitous wishes,' the earl said plainly." -- Jennifer Roberson, 'Lady of Sherwood'

 

Felicitous is derived from Latin felicitas, "fertility, hence success, happiness," from felix, "fertile, successful, happy."


 

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