Meaning of INFELICITY
| Pronunciation: | | `infu'lisitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style esp of expression |
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| | Antonyms: | | felicitousness, felicity | | |
| | See Also: | | inappropriateness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L.
infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. See {In-} not, and
{Felicity}.]
1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness;
misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or
appropriateness. --I. Watts.
Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the
present state, we were made wise and happy.
--Glanvill.
2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is
infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
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