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Definition of Incongruous

1. Adjective. Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness. "A joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"

Definition of Incongruous

1. a. Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc.

Definition of Incongruous

1. Adjective. Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in. ¹

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Definition of Incongruous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Incongruous

1. Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonising or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. "Incongruous mixtures of opinions." . "Made up of incongruous parts." "Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance." (C. J. Smith) Incongruous numbers, two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. Synonym: Inconsistent, unsuitable, inharmonious, disagreeing, absurd, inappropriate, unfit, improper. See Inconsistent. Incon"gruously, Incon"gruousness. Origin: L. Incongruus. See In- not, and Congruous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Incongruous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1884)
"But when the Republican party was formed it was necessary to fuse into its membership elements which were to a certain degree incongruous. ..."

2. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1873)
"It is not a little remarkable that the incongruous union of Roman with feudal ... During the Wars of the Roses incongruous with the feudal land- laws. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"His work is, however, of very inferior merit, and, certainly at York, incongruous and wanting in true artistic taste. [Redgrave's Diet, of Artists; ..."

4. Psychology; Or, The Science of Mind by Oliver S. Munsell (1880)
"Two characteristic forms of wit have been discriminated, namely: (a) Degrading elevated things by presenting them in new and incongruous relations; ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1835)
"Bat this case, owing to the mixed and incongruous circumstances of which it is composed, does not admit of a decision without conflicting with some previous ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"... by a due exercise of the physical and mental powers, bestowed by the Creator on man." Case of incongruous Twining, ("Nosology, Good. ..."

7. The Bookman (1903)
"artificiality, the concession to your moral- nothing incongruous or forced, yet every- loving Briton ceases. Each picture taken thing so chosen as to shed ..."

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