incongruous manners

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• incongruous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin incongruus, from Latin in + congruus congruous Date: 1611 lacking congruity: as a. not harmonious ; incompatible < incongruous colors > b. not conforming ; disagreeing < conduct incongruous with principle > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• grotesquerie — grotesquery gro*tesqu er*y, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.] [From {Grotesque}.] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. The sustained grotesquery of Feather top. K. L. Bates …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grotesquery — gro*tesqu er*y, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.] [From {Grotesque}.] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. The sustained grotesquery of Feather top. K. L. Bates. Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English