curiosa felicitasn.

/kjʊərɪˈəʊsə fɛˈlɪsɪtas/

Etymology: Latin (Petronius Sat. cxviii), lit. ‘careful felicity’.

A studied felicity of expression.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fine phrasing > well-turned phrase

lights1550

Atticism1612

aulicism1633

felicity1665

stroke1667

grace stroke1686

curiosa felicitas1752

1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1849 The delicacy and curiosa felicitas of that poet [sc. Horace].

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxii. 168 The frequent curiosa felicitas of his [sc. Wordsworth's] diction.

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 61 Tennyson..has..a curiosa felicitas of phrase.

1908 L. Johnson in Yeats & Johnson Poetry & Ireland 22 The singular charm, the curiosa felicitas, of Celtic style.

1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months iii. 79 The ‘Curiosa Felicitas’ which produces such ‘handsom Turns and apt Expressions’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	curiosa felicitas
释义	curiosa felicitasn. /kjʊərɪˈəʊsə fɛˈlɪsɪtas/ Etymology: Latin (Petronius Sat. cxviii), lit. ‘careful felicity’. A studied felicity of expression. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > fine phrasing > well-turned phrase lights1550 Atticism1612 aulicism1633 felicity1665 stroke1667 grace stroke1686 curiosa felicitas1752 1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1849 The delicacy and curiosa felicitas of that poet [sc. Horace]. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxii. 168 The frequent curiosa felicitas of his [sc. Wordsworth's] diction. 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 61 Tennyson..has..a curiosa felicitas of phrase. 1908 L. Johnson in Yeats & Johnson Poetry & Ireland 22 The singular charm, the curiosa felicitas, of Celtic style. 1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months iii. 79 The ‘Curiosa Felicitas’ which produces such ‘handsom Turns and apt Expressions’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1752
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