† inˈcongrue, a. Obs.
Also 5–6 -gru.
[a. F. incongru, -grue (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. incongru-us: see incongruous.]
= incongruous.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. (1495) 27 Yf the nominatyf caas & the verbe discord in person and in nombre, thenne the reason is incongrue. 1490 Caxton How to Die 18 It oughte not to seme to none incongrue ne meruellous. c 1560 Phylogamus in Skelton's Wks. (1862) I. p. cxxxii, Thou wrytest thynges dyffuse, Incongrue and confuse, Obfuscate and obtuse. 1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 3 §2 No Fine..shall be reversed..by any Writ of Error, for false or incongrue Latin. |
Hence † inˈcongruly adv. Obs., incongruously.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 74/2 [In]congruly; [Lat.] incongrue. |