/fi lis"i tee/ , n. , pl. felicities .
1. the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss: marital felicity.
2. an instance of this.
3. a source of happiness.
4. a skillful faculty: felicity of expression.
5. an instance or display of this: the many felicities of the poem.
6. Archaic. good fortune.
[ 1350-1400; ME felicite ( felicitas, equiv. to felici- (s. of felix ) happy + -tas -TY 2 ]
Syn. 1. See happiness .