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Infelicitous - What does it mean?

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infelicitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unhappy or unfortunate.
  • * 1973 , , "A Boy's Dog" in Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Sketches :
    • If leading a "dog's life" be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys' Dog is still more infelicitous .
  • Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
  • * 1909 , , Ridgway of Montana , ch. 24:
    • "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark.

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    * infelicitously * infelicitousness

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