THE FIRST WORD

felicitous

PRONUNCIATION:

(fi-LIS-i-tuhs) 

MEANING:

adjective: 1. Well suited. 2. Pleasing.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin felix (happy). Earliest documented use: 1641.

USAGE:

"As good actors age -- perhaps a more felicitous word would be mature -- they learn how to do more with less."
Charles Isherwood; A Literary Life Can Turn Lonely When the Cheering Stops; The New York Times; Apr 29, 2010.