Felicific

Quick meaning: Felicific is an adjective meaning (rare, chiefly philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or producing pleasure or happiness.

Meaning

(rare, chiefly philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or producing pleasure or happiness.

Example Sentences

Has conduct worth in and for itself, or only as its consequences are felicific as regards the social welfare?

The Langham is proof of the felicific power of good architecture, the power to promote, both in its inhabitants and in passers-by, happiness.

It is plain that for Jane Austen the settled habit of moral behavior was of far more importance than spontaneity of moral response, though that in turn was preferable to a calculated weighing of advantages, a point well illustrated when Elizabeth ironically advises Jane that if she is in doubt about whether she ought to accept Bingley she should decide the matter by striking a felicific balance.

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