inconcinnity

inconcinnity
in·concinnity

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  • Inconcinnity — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inconcinnity — [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. * * * …   Universalium

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

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

  • inconcinnity — noun lack of harmony or suitability …   Wiktionary

  • inconcinnity — |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 …   Useful english dictionary

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

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

  • barbarism — 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cacophony — Synonyms and related words: Babel, Gothicism, agitation, atonalism, atonality, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, bedlam, bluster, bombasticness, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacology, chaos, clinker, clumsiness, coarseness, commotion, confusion of… …   Moby Thesaurus

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