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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1596
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Felicité, -itie, n. Also: felicietie, -ieci(e)tie, fæl-, falicitie. [ME. felycyté, felicité, -itee (Chaucer), OF. felicité, L. fēlīcitas.] Felicity. (Common in 16th c.) c1420 Wynt. ix. 3281.
Sen in his felicite He gat that oportunité 1456 Hay I. 65/2.
Men suld nocht … sett thaire bartis on warldly fortune na felicitee a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 26.
Fy on thi fortune and fulische felicite 1513 Doug. iii. vii. 47.
Weil mot ȝe leif in ȝour felicite 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 45/2.
He set his felicite to keip nolt and scheip 1596 Dalr. I. 275/17.
That flurishing kingdome, amplifiet with al kynd of felicitie
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