infelicity noun. [ɪnfɪ'lɪsɪti] LME.
[Latin infelicitas, from infelic-, -ix unhappy, formed as IN-³ + felix happy: see -ITY.]
1. The state of being unhappy or unfortunate; unhappiness, misery; bad luck, misfortune. Also, an instance of misfortune; a cause of unhappiness. LME.
■ P. Heylin By the unhappiness of my Destiny, or the infelicity of the Times, deprived of my Preferments. Spectator These infelicities of travel were of frequent occurrence, and endured with cheerfulness.

2. The quality of not being appropriate to an occasion or circumstance; inappropriateness, inaptness; an inappropriate expression or detail of style. E17.
■ P. Lively He used to write back..correcting what he considered infelicities of style.

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