Part 5710

<hw>In`con*sist"ent*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inconsistent manner.</def>

<h1>Inconsistentness</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*sist"ent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inconsistency.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Inconsisting</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*sist"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inconsistent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Inconsolable</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*sol"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconsolabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inconsolable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Console</er>.]</ety> <def>Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>With <b>inconsolable</b> distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. <i>Falconer.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`con*sol"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`con*sol"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inconsonance, Inconsonancy</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw><hw>In*con"so*nance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*con"so*nan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.</def>

<h1>Inconsonant</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*con"so*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconsonans</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Consonant</er>.]</ety> <def>Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*con"so*nant*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inconspicuous</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In`con*spic"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconspicuus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Conspicuous</er>.]</ety> <def>Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`con*spic"u*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In`con*spic"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Inconstance</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*con"stance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Inconstancy</er>.]</ety> <def>Inconstancy.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Inconstancy</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*con"stan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconstantia</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.</def>

<blockquote>For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness and <b>inconstancie</b> in love. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inconstant</h1> <Xpage=747>

<hw>In*con"stant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inconstans</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inconstant</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Constant</er>.]</ety> <def>Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; <as>as, <ex>inconstant</ex> in love or friendship</as>.</def> "The <i>inconstant</i> moon."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, <b>Inconstant</b> as the shadows we survey! <i>Boyse.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.</syn>