-- Fe*lic"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Fe*lic"i*tous*ness, n.
Fe*lic"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Felicities (#). [OE. felicite, F. fÈlicitÈ,
fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.] 1.
The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.
Our own felicity we make or find.
Johnson.
Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity.
Book of Common Prayer.
2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event;
prosperity; blessing.
the felicities of her wonderful reign.
Atterbury.
3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting
portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of expression." Bp.
Warburton.
Syn. -- Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See
Happiness.
Fe"line (?), a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the
fruitful: cf. F. fÈlin. See Fetus.] 1. (Zoˆl.) Catlike; of or
pertaining to the genus Felis, or family FelidÊ; as, the feline race;
feline voracity.
2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline
nature; feline manners.
||Fe"lis (?), n. [L., cat.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of carnivorous mammals,
||including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar
||animals.
Fell (?), imp. of Fall.
Fell, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only
in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of
unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery,
Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin
to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.] 1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce;
savage; ravenous.
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
Shak.