Imparity

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:19:10

Im*par"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F. imparit'e.]

1.

Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.

Milton.

2.

Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.

In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it. I. Taylor.

3.

Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.

[R.]

 

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