Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CON-VE'NI-ENCE, or IN-CON-VE'NIEN-CY
IN-CON-TRO-VERT'I-BLYIN-CON-VE'NI-ENT
IN-CON-VE'NI-ENCE, or IN-CON-VE'NIEN-CY, n. [L. inconveniens; in and convenio, conveniens.]
- Unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpedience. They plead against the inconveniences not the unlawfulness of popish apparel. Hooker.
- That which gives trouble or uneasiness; disadvantage; any thing that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success. Rain and bad roads are inconveniences to the traveler; want of utensils is a great inconvenience to a family; but the great inconvenience of human life is the want of money and the means of obtaining it.
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