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单词 incongruity
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incongruityn.

/ɪnkənˈɡruːɪti/
Etymology: < medieval Latin incongruitās, < in- (in- prefix4) + congruitās congruity n.: compare French incongruité (1529 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) perhaps the immediate source.
The quality, condition, or fact of being incongruous; an instance of this.
1.
a. Disagreement in character or qualities; want of accordance or harmony; discrepancy, inconsistency. (Now often with some colour of sense 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun]
discordance1340
variancec1374
discorda1387
disconvenience?a1425
unsuingc1425
disaccordancec1436
unaccordancec1449
inconveniencec1460
discrepancea1464
difformness1547
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
jar1548
disagreement1551
disagreeableness1570
dissonancy1584
discordancy1587
discoherencea1600
disconveniency1601
disharmonya1602
dissent1603
dissonancea1604
incongruency1604
incongruence1610
incongruity1612
discongruity1624
inconformity1625
discorrespondencya1641
inconsonancy1650
inconsistence1651
dissidy1657
unagreeableness1658
discomposure1659
disconsonancy1659
uncorrespondency1659
inconveniency1662
unconsonancy1665
incorrespondence1667
oddness1680
inconsistency1699
incongruousness1727
irreconcilementa1737
discrepancy1748
incoincidence?1798
inaccordance1808
inconsonance1811
inaccordancy1817
incorrespondency1817
cacophony1831
divergence1837
disaccord1871
1612 Ld. Rochester in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 229 That incongruity betwixt your Highnes age and hirs is one inconvenience which neither syde can help.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 149 We have tried Oyl and Water, and no Motion at all was perceived, for the same reason of incongruity.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 269 Never was there such Incongruity and Nonconformity in their furniture.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica App. 262 I have often..admir'd the Incongruity of the Circumstances of Humane Life.
1807 A. Rees Cycl. at Congruity Incongruity denotes an unfitness of their surfaces for joining together. Thus quicksilver will unite with gold..but will roll off from wood.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 72 The quaint incongruity of the priestly and the lay elements in his speech.
b. (with plural) An instance or point of disagreement; a discrepancy, an inconsistency.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > instance of
inconvenientc1374
variament1491
contrariety1532
discord1533
incongruitya1610
a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) Ep. Ded. In extenuation of so many incongruities.
a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 112 We ought to believe it well and wisely done, whatever incongruities may appear in it.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 43 There we find no contradictions, no incongruities, but all is harmony.
1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 315 The most commonly assigned cause of the Ludicrous is Incongruity; but all incongruities are not ludicrous.
2.
a. Want of accordance with what is reasonable or fitting; unsuitableness, inappropriateness, absurdity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]
wantonnessc1405
absurdity1529
monstruousness1545
impertinency1573
ridiculousness1573
monstrousness1574
absurd1581
absurdness1582
incongruity1597
fancy1598
delirium1599
monstruosity1604
absurdum1606
foppishness1611
impertinence1616
nonsense1630
impertinentness1645
irrationality1647
monstrosity1651
nonsensicality1652
ridicule1668
ridicule1672
nonsensicalness1674
maggotry1706
preposterousness1727
zanyship1766
ridiculosity1773
drollness1823
stultification1832
nonsensity1834
farcicality1849
cockeyedness1858
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]
inconvenience1413
uncompetence?1541
unaptness1548
improperty1555
unaptness1557
unproperness1561
impertinency1573
unmeetness1574
disagreement1580
unfitnessa1586
unsuitablenessa1586
incongruity1597
inconvenientness1600
improperness1612
indispositiona1613
insuitability1612
ineptitude1615
impertinence1616
inconcinnity1616
infelicity1617
unbeseemingness1623
ineptness1633
impertinentness1645
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
disaccommodationa1676
indecorousness1681
indisposednessa1684
inaptitudea1688
impropriety1697
wrongness1726
ineligibility1795
inaptness1814
unsuitability1814
unappropriateness1838
unadaptedness1846
inappropriateness1847
unfittingness1861
unbefittingness1865
ineligibleness1881
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xx. 35 As if they who abolish legends could not without incongruitie reteine..Homilies.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. ii. 218 To shew there is no incongruity nor inconvenience in it.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Incongruity,..Figuratively said of Faults committed against Civility, against Decency, and the received Customs of the World.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 92. ⁋1 Without incongruity..we cannot speak of geometrical beauty.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 130 He felt no incongruity in the veteran..correcting the youthful Socrates.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxiv She thought it arose from a sarcastic appreciation of the incongruity of his presence there.
b. (with plural) An instance of such disagreement; an inappropriate matter; an absurdity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of
follyc1300
absurditya1525
mumpsimus1531
trim-tram1533
foppery1546
ridicle1570
fangle1583
delirium1599
monstruosity1601
adox1606
absurd1610
extravagancy1625
incongruitya1626
monstrosity1639
extravagant1644
extravagance1650
ridiculea1658
fadoodlea1670
ridiculous1674
irrationalitya1680
ridiculosity1773
whimsy-whamsy1807
absurdism1815
nonsensity1834
nonsensical1842
nonsensicalitya1850
fandango1856
fandangle1880
bollock1919
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of
impertinency1588
impertinence1603
solecism1603
incongruitya1626
unfitness1645
misfit1823
malapropos1854
a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 333 How great, gross, and foul an incongruity it is to pour out ourselves into sin..when we go forth to correct sin.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 1 The incongruities committed by many undertakers of Buildings.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlv. 92 The only expedient I know..is to lay hold of some incongruity he has uttered.
1882 A. Macfarlane Consanguinity 16 There was an incongruity in using the two phrases as equivalent.
3. Want of harmony of parts or elements; want of self-consistency; incoherence. Also (with plural) something incoherent or not self-consistent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction > want of self-consistency
incongruitya1532
self-inconsistency1655
a1532 Remedie of Love 2 This werke who so shal see or rede Of any incongruitie doe me not impeche.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (ii. 10) i. 181 In this there is no great incongruity.
1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. Self-deceit in Wks. (1874) II. 122 Hence arises that amazing incongruity, and seeming inconsistency of character.
1823 W. Scott Peveril III. ix. 241 Had Julian been inclined for mirth..he must have smiled at the incongruity of the clerk's apparel.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. viii. 179 The whole story is one grand incongruity; a splendid illusion.
4. Grammar. Violation of the rules of grammatical agreement; grammatical incorrectness; solecism. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in grammar > error of concord
incongruity1574
solecism1699
1574 J. Baret Aluearie I 81 Incongruitie, solœcismus.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxi. 208 Some maner of speaches..are euer vndecent namely barbarousnesse, incongruitie, ill disposition.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 210 Your next intollerable vice is solecismus or incongruitie..that is by misusing the Grammaticall rules to be obserued in cases, genders, tenses and such like.
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xv. 199 I have found my schollars to misse most in these... Incongruity in their Concords.
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