单词 | unfelicitous |
释义 | unfelicitousadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept > specifically of actions, etc. unhappy1721 unfelicitous1827 unadroit1841 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. ix. i. ii. 487 In principle, the arrangement [is]..correct, howsoever in the application misguided and unfelicitous. 1876 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight III. viii. 136 Let us predict for them premature and unfelicitous exit into the land of scoundrels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1827 |
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