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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: infelicity (0.00905 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to infelicity.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: infelicity
infelicity
n : inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially
manner or style of expression) [ant:
felicity]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Infelicity
Infelicity
\In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl.
Infelicities. [L.
infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. See
In- not, and
Felicity.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness;
misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or
appropriateness. --I. Watts.
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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.
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