/in'feuh lis"i tee/ , n. , pl. infelicities for 3, 5.
1. the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness.
2. misfortune; bad luck.
3. an unfortunate circumstance; misfortune.
4. inaptness, inappropriateness, or awkwardness, as of action or expression.
5. something inapt or infelicitous: infelicities of style.
[ 1350-1400; ME infelicite infelicitas. See IN- 3 , FELICITY ]