infelicificadj.
/ɪnfiːlɪˈsɪfɪk/ Ethics.
Productive of unhappiness.
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infelicific1874
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics (1877) 371 (note) It will be convenient to use the terms ‘felicific’ and ‘infelicific’ for ‘productive of happiness’ and the reverse.
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics (1877) 423 The breach of any moral rule is pro tanto infelicific from its injurious effects on moral habits generally.
1890 M. Macmillan Promotion Happiness i. 3 The infelicific consequences which would result to them from the knowledge of our better fortunes.
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adj.1874- to help the police
- to help the police in their inquiries
- to help the police with their inquiries
- to help with inquiries
- to hent in hand
- to hent one's heart
- to hent up one's heart
- to hent upon hand
- to hep a person to
- to hep a person up
- to hep to
- to hep up
- to her behalf
- to her-ward
- to herb it
- to herd cats
- to herward
- to hew one's way
- to hew out
- to hew up
- to hide away
- to hide behind the skirts of
- to hide in plain sight
- to hide in plain view
- to hide one's ear, oneself