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felicitation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From felicitate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
    • The worthy Doctor, rejoicing at the information, determined to set off with all dispatch for the mansion of Mrs. Boville; there to tender in person his affectionate felicitations to Mrs. De Brooke on account of the delightful discovery of his being her cousin;[…] 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 310:

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