felicific
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing pleasure or happiness.
Example Sentences
- "Has conduct worth in and for itself, or only as its consequences are felicific as regards the social welfare?"
- "It is plain that for Jane Austen the settled habit of moral behavior was of far more importance than spontaneity of moral response, though that in turn was preferable to a calculated weighing of advantages, a point well illustrated when Elizabeth ironically advises Jane that if she is in doubt about whether she ought to accept Bingley she should decide the matter by striking a felicific balance."
- "The Langham is proof of the felicific power of good architecture, the power to promote, both in its inhabitants and in passers-by, happiness."
Inflected Forms
more felicific (comparative)
most felicific (superlative)