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imparity Now rare or Obs.|ɪmˈpærɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. imparitās, f. impar unequal, uneven: see im-2 and parity. Cf. F. imparité (13–14th c.).]
1. The quality or condition of being unequal; inequality (in magnitude, degree, or rank): = disparity 1.
1563in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. xxxv. 349 About matrimony and the virgin state, he had said, that there was no imparity, but the vow and dignity of both was equal. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 463 That there might be no imparitie nor inequality at all among his citizens. 1694Crowne Regulus v. 58 A commonwealth bears no imparity: A great man is a tumor, a disease. 1702Toleration 15 An unparallel'd imparity between your light Afflictions and the grievous Oppressions of other men. 1840De Quincey Style iii. Wks. 1860 XI. 265 You cannot affirm any imparity where the ground is preoccupied by disparity.
†2. The quality of being unlike; difference in nature or character, dissimilarity: = disparity 2.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 673 These claws stand not as other Birds do, three together and one by it self, but in imparity or dissimilitude, three on the one side, and two on the other. 1687G. Towerson Baptism 167 There is this great imparity between the cases.
†3. Of numbers: The quality of not being divisible into two equal (integral) parts; unevenness; an uneven or odd number. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. v. 193 By parity or imparity of letters in mens names. 1658― Gard. Cyrus 70 By two and three, the first parity and imparity. 1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 76 Love you Imparity?..God, When He created Stars; created Odd. |