incongruities

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Incongruity \In`con*gru"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incongruities. [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruit['e].] [1913 Webster]

1.The quality or state of being incongruous; lack of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. [1913 Webster]

The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them.— Bp. Stillingfleet.[1913 Webster]

2.Disagreement of parts; lack of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

3.That which is incongruous; lack of congruity. [1913 Webster]

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