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incongruence|ɪnˈkɒŋgruːəns| [ad. L. incongruentia (Tertullian), f. incongruent-em incongruent: see -ence.] Want of congruence; disagreement, incongruity.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 900 Wherefore there shalbe no cause of dislike through incongruence of parts. a1691Boyle Hist. Fluidity xix. Wks. 1772 I. 391 The humidity of a body..depends chiefly upon the congruity or incongruence of the component particles of the liquor in reference to the pores of those particular bodies, that it touches. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 381 This, not with any incongruence or disharmony. 1885R. Bridges Nero i. ii, Foreseeing how The incongruence of time and place, the audience Of drunken sots would turn my best to worst. |