infelicity

in·fe·lic·i·ty

noun \-sə-tē\

plural in·fe·lic·i·ties

Definition of INFELICITY

1

: the quality or state of being infelicitous

2

: something (as a word or phrase) that is infelicitous <minor infelicities>

Examples of INFELICITY

1. <the infelicity of holiday decorations at a funeral home>

Origin of INFELICITY

Middle English infelicite unhappiness, from Latin infelicitas, from infelic-, infelix unhappy, from in- + felic-, felix fruitful — more at feminine

First Known Use: 1617

Related to INFELICITY

Synonyms: improperness, impropriety, inappositeness, inaptness, incorrectness, inappropriateness, unfitness, wrongness

Antonyms: appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, correctness, felicitousness, felicity, fitness, fittingness, properness, propriety, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness

Related Words: extraneousness, inadequacy, inadequateness, inadmissibility, inapplicability, irrelevance, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness; inauspiciousness, inexpedience, inexpediency, intolerability, undesirability, undesirableness, unsatisfactoriness, uselessness; unbecomingness; unseasonability

Near Antonyms: admissibility, applicability, bearing, connection, materiality, pertinence, pointedness, relevance, relevancy

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Rhymes with INFELICITY

authenticity, catholicity, domesticity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, historicity, multiplicity, specificity, synchronicity