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felicitation

[ fi-lis-i-tey-shuh n ]

/ fɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

an expression of good wishes; congratulation.

Words nearby felicitation

feldspathoid, felice, felicia, felicific, felicitate, felicitation, felicitations, felicitous, felicity, felid, feline

Origin of felicitation

First recorded in 1700–10; felicitate + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM felicitation

self-fe·lic·i·ta·tion, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for felicitation

There seemed to be something in Darrell that resented it—under an outer show of felicitation.
The Marriage of William Ashe|Mrs. Humphry Ward
It has been my duty, my—ah—cheerful duty to call upon the winners of large prizes and to offer the felicitation of the company.
McTeague|Frank Norris
She was not thinking of the kind of felicitation that had been implied when she had sent Evie the teacloth.
The Debit Account|Oliver Onions
All nobles who used to pay visits of felicitation, now shunned her house and gathered at the mansion of Udaijin, near her own.
Japanese Literature|Various

Now I write these things to you from Smyrna, by the hand of the Ephesians, who are worthy of all felicitation.
The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious|William Dool Killen

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