Definition for IN-CON-GRU'I-TY

IN-CON-GRU'I-TY, n. [in and congruity.]

  1. Want of congruity; impropriety; inconsistency; absurdity; unsuitableness of one thing to another. The levity of youth in a grave divine, is deemed an incongruity between manners and profession.
  2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry. Donne.

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