2020-09-25 ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสน ชุด F – Felicitous – fortuitous -fortunate

2020-09-25 ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสนในการใช้ ชุด F – Felicitous – fortuitous -fortunateการใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้อง ในที่นี้ เป็นไป ตามมาตรฐาน ของภาษา การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่กำหนดมาตฐาน ถือตามส่วนใหญ่ที่ใช้แต่ละท้องถิ่น ความหมาย อาจยืดหยุ่น ขึ้นอยู่กับ ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยคDictionary.comออกเสียง “Felicitous” = fi-LIS-i-tuhsออกเสียง “Fortuitous” = ‘fawr-TOO-i-tuhs’ / TYOOออกเสียง “Fortunate” = ‘FAWR-chuh-nit’Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression DictionaryFelicitous means ‘well-suited” ‘apt’ ‘appropriate’.The speaker’s felicitous joke put the audience in a jovial mood. Fortuitous means ‘accidental’ ‘produced by chance. “lucky’ ‘our meeting today on the street is fortuitous. A typical success story is filled with fortuitous events. Fortunate means ‘resulting favorably’ ‘having good fortune’ ‘auspicious’ It is fortunate that you slowed down before reaching the curve. Some fortuitous happening may be both felicitous and fortunate, but the three words are not usually synonymous.Merriam-Webster DictionaryChoose the Right Synonym for felicitousFIT, SUITABLE, MEET, PROPER, APPROPRIATE, FITTING, APT, HAPPY, FELICITOUS mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance. FIT stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action. fit for battle SUITABLE implies an answering to requirements or demands. clothes suitable for camping
MEET suggests a just proportioning. meet payment PROPER suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom. proper acknowledgement APPROPRIATE implies eminent or distinctive fitness. an appropriate gift
FITTING implies harmony of mood or tone. a fitting end
APT connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination. apt quotations HAPPY suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate. a happy choice of words
FELICITOUS suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful. a felicitous phrase Did You Know?The adjective felicitous has been a part of our language since the late 18th century, but felicity, the noun meaning “great happiness,” and later, “aptness,” was around even in Middle English (as felicite, a borrowing from Anglo-French). Both words ultimately derive from the Latin adjective felix, meaning “fruitful” or “happy.” The connection between happy and felicitous continues today in that both words can mean “notably fitting, effective, or well adapted.” Happy typically suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate (as in “a happy choice of words”), and felicitous often implies an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful (as in “a felicitous phrase”).Merriam-Webster DictionaryUsage NotesCan ‘Fortuitous’ Mean ‘Fortunate’?Some usage rules have the power to annoy people when the rule is not observed; the adherents to this rule are annoyed when people do not use the word in the way they think it should be used. Other usage rules annoy the people who do not follow the rule; the rule-breakers think that people should not tell them how to use some word. And a few manage to unite these two groups in anger; both rule-followers and rule-breakers find the conduct of their counterparts objectionable. Fortuitous is an excellent example of this.In the early 20th century people began to use fortuitous in a new manner, which is “happening by a happy chance” (kind of an ‘accidental, but with a soupçon of happiness thrown in’ sort of meaning). Shortly after this the word began to be used to simply mean “fortunate.” Fortuitous and fortunate do share some of their origins; both words may be traced back to the Latin fors, meaning “chance.” It is thought that the initial similarity in spelling that these two words share, combined with the fact that fortuitous and felicitous (“pleasant, delightful”) share an ending, caused people to assign new meaning to fortuitous.Dictionary.comSYNONYM STUDY FOR FORTUNATEFortunate, happy, lucky refer to persons who enjoy, or events that produce, good fortune. Fortunate implies that the success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a wife; a fortunate investment. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident I received the package on time. Lucky, a more colloquial word, is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day.Merriam-Webster DictionaryChoose the Right Synonym for fortunateLUCKY, FORTUNATE, HAPPY, PROVIDENTIAL mean meeting with unforeseen success. LUCKY stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result. won because of a lucky bounce
FORTUNATE suggests being rewarded beyond one’s deserts. fortunate in my investments HAPPY combines the implications of LUCKY and FORTUNATE with stress on being blessed. a series of happy accidents
PROVIDENTIAL more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power. a providential change in the weather

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Languagefor·tu′i·tous·ly adv.for·tu′i·tous·ness n.Usage Note: The traditional meaning of fortuitous is “happening by chance, accidental.” Perhaps because many chance events are favorable or because of the similarity of fortuitous to fortunate and felicitous, fortuitous has acquired the meaning “characterized by good fortune, lucky.” (Note that the word fortunate underwent a similar shift in meaning centuries ago.) In our 2005 survey, a solid majority of the Usage Panel accepted the use of the word to mean “lucky.” Some 68 percent accepted the sentence The photographer felt that it was very fortuitous that she was in place to take the winning photo, where the adverb very rules out the possibility that the word might mean “accidental.” A similar percentage (67) accepted the sentence The meeting proved fortuitous: I came away with a much better idea of my role, where the verb prove makes the meaning “accidental” an unlikely fit. This two-thirds majority stands in stark contrast to the 85 percent that rejected this same sentence in 1967. Nonetheless, writers should take care to avoid creating contexts in which the meaning of the word is ambiguous.Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionarfor•tu′i•tous•ly, adv.for•tu′i•tous•ness, n.usage: fortuitous has developed in sense from “happening by chance” to “happening by lucky chance” to simply “lucky.” Some object to this last meaning, insisting that fortuitous be kept to its original sense of “accidental.” In modern standard use, however, the word almost always carries the senses both of chance and good luck. fortuitous is infrequently used to mean “accidental” without the suggestion of good luck, and even less frequently to mean “lucky” without a suggestion of accident or chance.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words fortuitoushappening by accident or chance: A fortuitous meeting led eventually to marriage.Not to be confused with:fortunate – bringing something good and unforeseen; lucky; providential: A fortunate turn of events helped her find a new career.