inconcinnity

  • 1Inconcinnity — In con*cin ni*ty, n. [L. inconcinnitas.] Lack of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness. [1913 Webster] There is an inconcinnity in admitting these words. Trench. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2inconcinnity — [in΄kən sin′ə tē] n. pl. inconcinnities lack of harmony, proportion, or elegance, esp. in writing style * * * in·con·cin·ni·ty (ĭn kən sĭnʹĭ tē) n. Lack of congruity or harmony; unsuitability. * * * …

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  • 3inconcinnity — [in΄kən sin′ə tē] n. pl. inconcinnities lack of harmony, proportion, or elegance, esp. in writing style …

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  • 4inconcinnity — noun Etymology: Latin inconcinnitas, from in + concinnitas concinnity Date: circa 1616 lack of suitability or congruity ; inelegance …

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  • 5inconcinnity — noun lack of harmony or suitability …

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  • 6inconcinnity — in·concinnity …

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  • 7inconcinnity — |in+ noun Etymology: Latin inconcinnitas, from in in (I) + concinnitas concinnity more at concinnity : lack of suitability or congruity : awkward or unsuitable form or character …

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  • 8concinnity — noun The harmonious reinforcement of the various parts of a work of art. Ant: inconcinnity …

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  • 9bad taste — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, Gothicism, barbarism, barbarousness, bombasticness, bourgeois taste, cacology, cacophony, camp, campiness, clumsiness, coarseness, crudeness, cumbrousness, dysphemism, gracelessness, grossness, harshness,… …

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  • 10barbarism — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, Irish bull, Neanderthalism, age of ignorance, animality, antiphrasis, bad taste, barbarity, barbarousness, benightedness, benightment, bestiality, bombasticness, brutality, brutishness, cacology, cacophony,… …

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