unˈconsonant, a.
[un-1 7.]
= inconsonant a. a. Const. to or with.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 33 Vnconsonand is to the veritie To do to ws so greit inormitie. a 1600 Hooker Serm. on Pride iv. §1 If..it be a thing most unequal and unconsonant unto justice. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. Pref., Which is not altogether unconsonant to reason. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iii. ii. (1677) 260 As his Supposition of these Semina, thus casually produc'd, seems unconsonant both to the Reason and Course of Nature. 1805 Foster Ess. iv. v. 183 A certain order of opinions unconsonant, or at least not identical, with the principles of that religion. 1843 in J. Hawthorne N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. vi. 273 It was a magnificent comedy to watch him,..so unconsonant to what was about him. |
b. Without const.
| 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. li. §3 It seemeth a thing vnconsonant that the world should honor any other as the Sauiour but him whom it honoreth as the creator of the world. 1658 Manton Exp. Jude 4 Wks. 1871 V. 167 To observe..whether we embrace it upon undue grounds, or match it with unconsonant practices. 1665 J. Sergeant Sure Footing 241 If he does, he must hold it was Eternal; If not, how unconsonant is his parallel? |
Hence unˈconsonantly adv.
| 1863 Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. v. 128 He is gradually led on to act unconsonantly with his real nature. |