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Felicitous Fuh Lis Uh Tuhs Adjective Apt.  Pleasing Latin Felix Happy

Front felicitous \fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\
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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