inficete

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adjective

Lacking wit.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveinficete (comparative more inficete, superlative most inficete)

comparative more inficete · superlative most inficete

  1. formalobsoleteLacking wit.

    MR. EAVESDROP: Sir, you are very facetious at my expense. THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT: Sir, you have been very unfacetious, very inficete, at mine. You have dished me up, like a savoury omelette, to gratify the appetite of the reading rabble for gossip.

    1831, Thomas Love Peacock, Crotchet Castle
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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