Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-PAR'I-TY, n. [Fr. disparité; Sp. disparidad; It. disparità; from L. dispar, unequal; dis and par, equal.]

1. Irregularity; difference in degree, in age, rank, condition or excellence; as, a disparity of years or of age; disparity of condition or circumstances; followed by of or in. We say, disparity in or of years.
2. Dissimilitude; unlikeness.