Meanings
comparative more inficete · superlative most inficete
- 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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