Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

felicific

[fee-luh-sif-ik]
adjective
  1. causing or tending to cause happiness.
Show More

Origin of felicific

1860–65; < Latin fēlīci- (stem of fēlīx) happy + -fic
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for felicific

Historical Examples

  • The 'felicific calculus' is enough to show the inadequacy of his method.

    The English Utilitarians, Volume I.

    Leslie Stephen

  • It is the economic equivalent of the 'utility' of Bentham's 'felicific calculus.'

  • We are bound to apply our 'felicific calculus' with absolute impartiality.

British Dictionary definitions for felicific

felicific

adjective
  1. making or tending to make happy
Show More

Word Origin

C19: from Latin fēlix happy + facere to make
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012