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De - Pt| English Dictionary: infelicity | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L. infelicitas: cf. F. inf[82]licit[82]. 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. | |
