infelicityn.

/ɪnfɪˈlɪsɪti/

Etymology: < Latin infēlīcitās, < infēlīx unhappy: compare obsolete French infélicité (15th cent.).

a. The state of being unhappy or unfortunate; an unhappy condition or state of affairs; unhappiness, misery; bad fortune, ill luck, misfortune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun]

unhealc700

unselthc888

bale-sithea1000

unselea1023

un-i-selthOE

sithec1250

ruthc1275

unwhatec1275

tempestc1330

illa1340

infelicityc1384

banec1400

naufragiea1425

infortunitya1438

naufrage1480

calamity1490

inconvenience1509

wanweirda1522

inconveniency1553

wroth1581

murderation1862

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]

unselthc888

ermtheOE

unselea1023

wellawayOE

wretchhead1154

wandrethc1175

woec1175

wanea1200

wretchdom?c1225

yomernessc1250

balec1275

un-i-selec1275

wan-siðc1275

unseelinessa1300

wretchedheada1300

cursedness1303

wretcheddomc1320

wrechea1325

wretchnessa1330

tribulationc1330

wretchednessa1340

caitifty1340

meeknessa1382

unwealsomeness1382

infelicityc1384

caitifhedea1400

ill liking?a1400

sorea1400

ungleea1400

unweala1400

caitifnessc1400

deploration1490

caitifdoma1500

woefulnessa1513

misery1527

miserity1533

mishappinessa1542

unwealfulnessa1555

tribulance1575

miserableness1613

agony1621

desolatenessa1626

unblissa1628

unhappiness1722

misère1791

shadow1855

valley1882

miz1918

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. viii. 35 Nychanore..cam to Antioche, hauynge heiȝist infelicitee [gloss or most wretchidnesse], of the deeth of his oost.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxiii. 92 I morne and bere myn infelicite wiþ sorowe.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 350 For so is your power depouerished, and Lordes and great men brought to infelicitie.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie To Rdr. sig. A3 Being by the unhappiness of my Destinie, or the infelicity of the times, deprived of my Preferments.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii. 20 You surely conclude too hastily from the infelicity of marriage against its institution.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 That pure infelicity which accompanies some people in their walk through life.

b. A particular case or instance of bad fortune; an unfortunate circumstance or event; a misfortune; a cause or source of unhappiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck

unsitheOE

evila1300

mischiefa1325

illa1340

adversity1340

infortunea1393

infortunity1477

cladec1480

misfortunec1485

fortune1490

trouble?1521

stumble1547

infelicity1575

disgrace1622

unfortunacya1662

disgracia1740

miscanter1781

reversal1846

avalanche1850

rough spin1919

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 1^v When God administereth to vs diseases, sorrowes, deathes, and infelicities.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. x. §16. 163 The government comes to be administred in a Democraticall manner, and..thence arise those infelicities which for the most part accompany the Dominion of the People.

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 189 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. It is the infelicity of too many, that they are ignorant.

1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 81 So that his death was not an Infelicity to the Church.

1891 Spectator 7 Mar. These infelicities of travel were of frequent occurrence, and endured with cheerfulness.

2. The quality of not being happily suited to the occasion or circumstances; unlucky inaptness or inappropriateness; with plural an unhappily inappropriate expression or detail of style.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]

inconvenience1413

uncompetence?1541

unaptness1548

improperty1555

unaptness1557

unproperness1561

impertinency1573

unmeetness1574

disagreement1580

unfitnessa1586

unsuitablenessa1586

incongruity1597

inconvenientness1600

improperness1612

indispositiona1613

insuitability1612

ineptitude1615

impertinence1616

inconcinnity1616

infelicity1617

unbeseemingness1623

ineptness1633

impertinentness1645

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

disaccommodationa1676

indecorousness1681

indisposednessa1684

inaptitudea1688

impropriety1697

wrongness1726

ineligibility1795

inaptness1814

unsuitability1814

unappropriateness1838

unadaptedness1846

inappropriateness1847

unfittingness1861

unbefittingness1865

ineligibleness1881

1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 16 With how great infelicitie or incongruitie soever it be.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxx. Paraphr.) 627 A complaint of the infelicity of such companions.

1823 C. Lamb Oxf. in Vacation in Elia Peradventure the Epiphany, by some periodical infelicity, would, once in six years, merge in a Sabbath.

1879 R. W. Church Spenser 33 The beginnings of that great critical literature, which in England, in spite of much infelicity, has only been second to the poetry which it judged.

1900 N.E.D. at Infelicity Mod. A work marred by its infelicities of style.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	infelicity
释义	infelicityn. /ɪnfɪˈlɪsɪti/ Etymology: < Latin infēlīcitās, < infēlīx unhappy: compare obsolete French infélicité (15th cent.). 1. a. The state of being unhappy or unfortunate; an unhappy condition or state of affairs; unhappiness, misery; bad fortune, ill luck, misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] unhealc700 unselthc888 bale-sithea1000 unselea1023 un-i-selthOE sithec1250 ruthc1275 unwhatec1275 tempestc1330 illa1340 infelicityc1384 banec1400 naufragiea1425 infortunitya1438 naufrage1480 calamity1490 inconvenience1509 wanweirda1522 inconveniency1553 wroth1581 murderation1862 the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] unselthc888 ermtheOE unselea1023 wellawayOE wretchhead1154 wandrethc1175 woec1175 wanea1200 wretchdom?c1225 yomernessc1250 balec1275 un-i-selec1275 wan-siðc1275 unseelinessa1300 wretchedheada1300 cursedness1303 wretcheddomc1320 wrechea1325 wretchnessa1330 tribulationc1330 wretchednessa1340 caitifty1340 meeknessa1382 unwealsomeness1382 infelicityc1384 caitifhedea1400 ill liking?a1400 sorea1400 ungleea1400 unweala1400 caitifnessc1400 deploration1490 caitifdoma1500 woefulnessa1513 misery1527 miserity1533 mishappinessa1542 unwealfulnessa1555 tribulance1575 miserableness1613 agony1621 desolatenessa1626 unblissa1628 unhappiness1722 misère1791 shadow1855 valley1882 miz1918 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. viii. 35 Nychanore..cam to Antioche, hauynge heiȝist infelicitee [gloss or most wretchidnesse], of the deeth of his oost. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxiii. 92 I morne and bere myn infelicite wiþ sorowe. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 350 For so is your power depouerished, and Lordes and great men brought to infelicitie. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie To Rdr. sig. A3 Being by the unhappiness of my Destinie, or the infelicity of the times, deprived of my Preferments. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii. 20 You surely conclude too hastily from the infelicity of marriage against its institution. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 That pure infelicity which accompanies some people in their walk through life. b. A particular case or instance of bad fortune; an unfortunate circumstance or event; a misfortune; a cause or source of unhappiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck unsitheOE evila1300 mischiefa1325 illa1340 adversity1340 infortunea1393 infortunity1477 cladec1480 misfortunec1485 fortune1490 trouble?1521 stumble1547 infelicity1575 disgrace1622 unfortunacya1662 disgracia1740 miscanter1781 reversal1846 avalanche1850 rough spin1919 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 1^v When God administereth to vs diseases, sorrowes, deathes, and infelicities. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. x. §16. 163 The government comes to be administred in a Democraticall manner, and..thence arise those infelicities which for the most part accompany the Dominion of the People. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 189 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. It is the infelicity of too many, that they are ignorant. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 81 So that his death was not an Infelicity to the Church. 1891 Spectator 7 Mar. These infelicities of travel were of frequent occurrence, and endured with cheerfulness. 2. The quality of not being happily suited to the occasion or circumstances; unlucky inaptness or inappropriateness; with plural an unhappily inappropriate expression or detail of style. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] inconvenience1413 uncompetence?1541 unaptness1548 improperty1555 unaptness1557 unproperness1561 impertinency1573 unmeetness1574 disagreement1580 unfitnessa1586 unsuitablenessa1586 incongruity1597 inconvenientness1600 improperness1612 indispositiona1613 insuitability1612 ineptitude1615 impertinence1616 inconcinnity1616 infelicity1617 unbeseemingness1623 ineptness1633 impertinentness1645 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 disaccommodationa1676 indecorousness1681 indisposednessa1684 inaptitudea1688 impropriety1697 wrongness1726 ineligibility1795 inaptness1814 unsuitability1814 unappropriateness1838 unadaptedness1846 inappropriateness1847 unfittingness1861 unbefittingness1865 ineligibleness1881 1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 16 With how great infelicitie or incongruitie soever it be. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxx. Paraphr.) 627 A complaint of the infelicity of such companions. 1823 C. Lamb Oxf. in Vacation in Elia Peradventure the Epiphany, by some periodical infelicity, would, once in six years, merge in a Sabbath. 1879 R. W. Church Spenser 33 The beginnings of that great critical literature, which in England, in spite of much infelicity, has only been second to the poetry which it judged. 1900 N.E.D. at Infelicity Mod. A work marred by its infelicities of style. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1384
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