felicitate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin fēlicitātus, perfect passive participle of fēlīcitō (“to felicitate”) (from fēlīx (“happy”)), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French féliciter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

felicitate (third-person singular simple present felicitates, present participle felicitating, simple past and past participle felicitated)

1. (transitive) To congratulate.
   • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 196:

     […] we contemplate death under quite a different aspect;—creating in us such sweet influences of joy, that our beloved brethren, under one common Father, have attained what we ought all to be in search of, the heavenly goal, that rather than repine at this their advancement, we sincerely felicitate them.

   • 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 25”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:

     […] he waddled to the platform, bowed as low as his belly would permit, and was duly decorated and felicitated […]

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74:

     Still, he tucked in handsomely to bacon and tomato on fried bread, felicitating himself on the considered wisdom of his arrival in the character of guest to Bradly.

Derived terms

• felicitator
• unfelicitated
• unfelicitating

Related terms

• felicitation
• felicity

Translations

congratulate — see congratulate

Etymology 2

From Latin fēlicitātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Adjective

felicitate (comparative more felicitate, superlative most felicitate)

1. (archaic) Made very happy.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     I am alone felicitate / In your dear highness' love.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

felicitate

1. inflection of felicitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

felicitate f pl

1. feminine plural of felicitato

Latin

Noun

fēlīcitāte

1. ablative singular of fēlīcitās

Spanish

Verb

felicitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of felicitar combined with te