What is that (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech called?
infelicity — That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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