Incongruity, *in-con-gru-i-tie, s

[French incongruité. 1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitablene ; inconsistency; impropriety. "There is such a congruity or incongruity betwixt the terms of a proposition."- Wilkins : Nat. Religion , bk. i., ch. i. 2. Unsuitablene of one part to another; inconsistency of parts; want of symmetry. "She, whom after what form soe'er we see, Is discord and rude incongruity ." Donne: Anatomy of the World. 3. That which is incongruous; that which exhibits a want of congruity. "To avoid absurdities and incongruities , is the same law established for both arts."-Dryden: Dufresnoy. IMG:content-1570.png:[blocks in formation] "[This] is illogical and inconsequent."- Glanvill : Preexistence of Souls , ch. ii. *2. Not of consequence; of little or no moment. In-con-se-quen-tial (ti as sh), a. [Pref. in (2), and Eng. consequential (q. v.).] 1. Not consequential; not following regularly or by logical inference or deduction from the premises; inconsequent. "Upon other reasons it seems utterly inconsequential ." -Hale: Origin of Mankind , p. 276. 2. Of little or no consequence or moment; trivial, "My time is not wholly inconsequential." -Mad . D ' Ar blay : Cecilia , bk. ix., ch. iii.