incongruous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCON'GRUOUS, adjective [L incongruus.] Not congruous; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper. The dress of a seaman on a judge, would be deemed incongruous with his character and station.
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