[1825–35; in-3 + felicitous]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, cross section, individualism, relativity, spiritualism
Examples of 'infelicitous' in a sentence
infelicitous
The use of the word 'predominately' was not occasional nor infelicitous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The style is engaging, but the choice of words is sometimes infelicitous.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Few are entirely immune, and all that it takes for repossession to take hold is an infelicitous set of circumstances.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His play has been an infelicitous concoction of ingenuity and inaccuracy, the latter being generally fatal at this elite level.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Such infelicitous phrasing is, as we've often seen, indicative of an eddy or whorl under the surface of the poem.