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inconsonant, a.|ɪnˈkɒnsənənt| [f. in-3 + consonant a.] Not consonant or agreeable to († unto); not agreeing or harmonizing with.
1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. 36 They carried them out of the world with their feet forward, not inconsonant unto reason. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iii. iii. 260 A Fiction utterly inconsonant to the whole Method of Nature. 1763Scrafton Indostan (1770) 77 These words were too inconsonant to his schemes, to be followed by actions. 1836Lytton Athens (1837) I. 398 A tradition far from inconsonant with the manners of the time, or the heroism of the sex. 1883Century Mag. XXV. 912 The spell that wars With aught inconsonant to heart or eye. Hence inˈconsonantly adv. (Webster, 1856). |