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† inˈcompt, a. Obs. [ad. L. incom(p)t-us unadorned, rough, f. in- (in-3) + comptus combed, dressed, neat, compt.] Void of neatness; inelegant. Hence † inˈcomptness, inelegance.
1631J. Doddridge Eng. Lawyer 52 What horrid and incompt words hath Logicke and Philosophy endured. 1658Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 2 His beard incompt and squalid, and his hair disorderly hanging down. 1659O. Walker Instruct. Oratory 51 Metaphors; without which the speech shews incompt and naked. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. Pref. (1682) 7 There is no need of any farther apology, to excuse the incomptness of the style. |