Front | felicitous \fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\ |
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Back | adjective 1. Appropriate or apt. 2. Pleasing. [From Latin felix (happy). Earliest documented use: 1641.] "As good actors age -- perhaps a more felicitous word would be mature -- they learn how to do more with less." - Charles Isherwood; A Literary Life Can Turn Lonely When the Cheering Stops; The New York Times; Apr 29, 2010. |
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