infelicitous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/|/ˌɪn.fɪˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/|/ˌɪn.fɛlˈɪs.ɪ.təs/    美 /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/|/ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.təs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unhappy or unfortunate.
    — My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […].
  2. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
    — "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark.
  3. Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.

词形变化

more infelicitous comparative most infelicitous superlative

词汇关系

近义词
lamentable
衍生词
infelicitously infelicitousness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English felicitous
English infelicitous
From in- + felicitous.
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