Infelicity
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[编辑] 解释
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- n. 不幸; 不恰当
- ［类］ 反义词: appropriateness ( 适当)
- ［记］ in ( 不) +felic ( 得体) +ity
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -ties)
- Etymology: Middle English infelicite unhappiness, from Latin infelicitas, from infelic-, infelix unhappy, from in- + felic-, felix fruitful — more at feminine
- Date: 1617
- 1. the quality or state of being infelicitous
- 2. something (as a word or phrase) that is infelicitous <minor infelicities>
