Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infelicity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L.
infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

infelicity
n : inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style esp of
expression [ant: {felicity}]

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