infelicitousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From in- +‎ felicitous.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/, /ˌɪn.fɪˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/, /ˌɪn.fɛlˈɪs.ɪ.təs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/, /ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ə.təs/

形容詞

infelicitous (comparative more infelicitous, superlative most infelicitous)

1. Unhappy or unfortunate.
   • 1953 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Performance and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:

     My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […] .

   • 1973, Bret Harte, “A Boy's Dog”, in Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Sketches:

     If leading a "dog's life" be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys' Dog is still more infelicitous.

2. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
   • 1909, William MacLeod Raine, “chapter 24”, in Ridgway of Montana:

     "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark.

3. (linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: not semantically and pragmatically coherent.

同意語

• (unhappy): See Thesaurus:sad or Thesaurus:lamentable
• (unlucky): See Thesaurus:unlucky

派生語

• infelicitously
• infelicitousness