| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun incongruity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (incongruity) | 1. The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate.[Wordnet]. 2. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety.[Websters]. 3. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.[Websters]. 4. That which is incongruous; want of congruity.[Websters]. | |
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Date "INCONGRUITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: incongruity
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] Want of congruity; impropriety; inconsistency; absurdity; unsuitableness of one thing to another. The levity of youth in a grave divine, is deemed an incongruity between manners and profession.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A thing that is incongruous. (references) | 2: [Noun] The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence. (references) | |
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