felicity

noun

1. (uncountable)The condition of being happy.

   “Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite.”

   “[T]he wiſe Man gave his Teſtimony to this, as the juſt Standard of true Felicity, when he prayed to have neither Poverty nor Riches.”

   “[…] Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year.”

   “For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance.”

2. (countable)The condition of being happy.
3. (uncountable)An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
4. (rare, uncountable)Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
5. (uncountable)Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.

   “The quotation was rendered with felicity.”

6. (countable)Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.

   “[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne.”

   “The season’s main attraction, the felicities of the sun, dimmed in the light of our competition and our growing friendliness.”

7. (uncountable)Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.

   “In equation (19.24) U#95;C(#92;cdot) is the marginal felicity of consumption[.]”

name

1. A female given name from English.

   “Fliss had them. Felicity Benson, Happiness Benson. Except she's not very happy at the moment, not with me.”