#486 felicity

felicity- happiness, joy; a cause of happiness; an appropriate expression or style

C17 from Latin felicitas happiness, from felix happy

felicitous- well chosen, apt, possessing an agreeable style

Its (writing) force, its felicity is in its reach toward the ineffable (too sacred to be uttered). ~Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize acceptance speech

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