| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fe·lic·i·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n f-ls -t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. in·fe·lic·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being infelicitous. 2. Something inappropriate or unpleasing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English infelicite, from Latin  nflcit s, from nflx, nflc-, unhappy : in-, not; see in–1 + flx, happy; see dh(i)- in Appendix I.
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