inconcinnity means lack of harmony or suitability. It carries an Arena rating of 1600, earned across 46 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, inconcinnity ranks #1,835 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #3,475 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #3,737 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #5,022 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “inconcinnity” is a great word
INCONCINNITY — [Noun] A lack of harmony, proportion, or elegance, particularly in the arrangement or composition of parts. From the Latin inconcinnitas, from in- ("not") + concinnitas ("elegance, harmony"). First recorded in English 1615–1625. Unlike incongruity, which suggests a broad logical misfit, or inelegance, a general lack of refinement, inconcinnity is the specific, technical flaw in a composition's design—the jarring anachronism in a period drama's costuming, the stubborn comma that disrupts a sentence's rhythm, or the single mismatched window in an otherwise uniform Georgian façade. It is the quiet, nagging proof that coherence is a fragile and contingent achievement.
Etymology
From Latin inconcinnitas.
noun
- Lack of harmony or suitability.
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