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Felicitate vs Felicitous - What's the difference?

felicitate | felicitous |

As adjectives the difference between felicitate and felicitous

is that felicitate is made very happy while felicitous is fitting; happening at the right time.

As a verb felicitate

is to congratulate.

felicitate

English

Verb

(felicitat)
  • To congratulate.

    • Related terms

    * felicitation * felicity

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Made very happy.
  • * (rfdate) (William Shakespeare):
    • I am alone felicitate / In your dear highness' love.
    ----

    felicitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fitting; happening at the right time.
  • Working out well.
  • (linguistics, of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context.
    • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous .

    Synonyms

    * (happening at the right time) appropriate, opportune, apt * (working out well) fortunate, opportune

    Antonyms

    * unfelicitous, grammatical/ungrammatical

    Related terms

    * felicity

    Derived terms

    * felicitously * felicitousness * unfelicitous