SuaviloquyToday’s word

incongruity

Incongruity, n.; pl. Incongruities.

Etymology: [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruité.]

1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. 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.

2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.]

3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists incongruity only as an antonym, under analogy, harmony.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given