01 n. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness.
pl.
Infelicities ((#))
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1.
The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness.“Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy.” — Glanvill.
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2.
That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.