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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infelicity \In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. Infelicities. [L. infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. See In- not, and Felicity.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; lack of suitableness or appropriateness. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

infelicity n 1: inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) [ant: felicitousness, felicity]