- the quality or condition of being infelicitous
- pl. -·ties something infelicitous; unsuitable or inapt remark, action, etc.
Origin of infelicity
Classical Latin infelicitas from infelix, unfortunate: see in- and felicityinfelicity
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infelicity
noun
pl. in·fe·lic·i·ties- The quality or condition of being infelicitous.
- Something inappropriate or unpleasing.
Origin of infelicity
Middle English infelicite from Latin īnfēlīcitās from īnfēlīx īnfēlīc- unhappy in- not ; see in- 1. fēlīx happy ; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural infelicities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
- (countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
Antonyms
- (condition): felicity
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