incongruity
pronunciation
How to pronounce incongruity in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkɒnˈɡruːəti]
How to pronounce incongruity in American English:
US [ˌɪnkɑːnˈɡruːəti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
Word Origin
- incongruity (n.)
- 1530s, from French incongruité or directly from Medieval Latin incongruitas, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruitas (see congruity).
Example
- 1. Laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity .
- 2. There is also an element of incongruity in the writer 's description .
- 3. His presence struck ken as an incongruity , but ken kept talking , grateful for the company .
- 4. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter .
- 5. Originally I do not let you feel sense of incongruity because the speed of the train is slow .