Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being infelicitous.
- noun Something inappropriate or unpleasing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of felicity or good fortune; unhappiness; misfortune; misery.
- noun Unfavorableness; inappropriateness; inaptness: as, the infelicity of the occasion.
- noun An inapt, unskilful, or imperfect mode of expression, or the expression itself: as, infelicities of style.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness.
- noun That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being
infelicitous - noun countable Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The still-born child's infelicity is only negative (ver. 4, 5), but that of the covetous worldling is positive; he lives a great while to see himself miserable, ver.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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In 1911 a broadside titled "The Heathen Invasion" claimed that yoga "leads to domestic infelicity, and insanity and death."
Philip Goldberg: Calm Down Christians, Yoga Is Not a Threat Philip Goldberg 2010
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As Flexner observes, “History does not always draw noble men from noble mothers, preferring sometimes to temper her future heroes in the furnaces of domestic infelicity.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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As Flexner observes, “History does not always draw noble men from noble mothers, preferring sometimes to temper her future heroes in the furnaces of domestic infelicity.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In 1911 a broadside titled "The Heathen Invasion" claimed that yoga "leads to domestic infelicity, and insanity and death."
Philip Goldberg: Calm Down Christians, Yoga Is Not a Threat Philip Goldberg 2010
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In 1911 a broadside titled "The Heathen Invasion" claimed that yoga "leads to domestic infelicity, and insanity and death."
Philip Goldberg: Calm Down Christians, Yoga Is Not a Threat Philip Goldberg 2010
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Mr. Perry's now-famous gaffes, for which he's been roundly criticized, are said to suggest an infelicity of language.
Perry's Popping-Off Problem Peggy Noonan 2011
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In 1911 a broadside titled "The Heathen Invasion" claimed that yoga "leads to domestic infelicity, and insanity and death."
Philip Goldberg: Calm Down Christians, Yoga Is Not a Threat Philip Goldberg 2010
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As Flexner observes, “History does not always draw noble men from noble mothers, preferring sometimes to temper her future heroes in the furnaces of domestic infelicity.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In 1911 a broadside titled "The Heathen Invasion" claimed that yoga "leads to domestic infelicity, and insanity and death."
Philip Goldberg: Calm Down Christians, Yoga Is Not a Threat Philip Goldberg 2010
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