Felicitous

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fəˈlɪsɪtÉ™s/

Origin

From Latin felicitās ("luck"), from Latin felix ("lucky").

Full definition of felicitous

Adjective

1. 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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Related terms

• felicity

Derived terms

• felicitously
• felicitousness
• unfelicitous