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inficete

inficete adjective: lacking wit.

Adjective

inficete (comparative more inficete, superlative most inficete)

  1. (formal, obsolete) Lacking 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

Forms of inficete

comparativemore inficete
superlativemost inficete

Questions about inficete

What does inficete mean?
Inficete means lacking wit.
What part of speech is inficete?
Inficete is an adjective.

Words near inficete in the dictionary

  1. infibulated
  2. infibulates
  3. infibulating
  4. infibulation
  5. infibulations
  6. inficete
  7. inficiate
  8. inficiated
  9. inficiates
  10. inficiating
  11. infidel

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