unconformity

Roget category 83

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#83. Unconformity

noun

nonconformity etc. 82 — unconformity, disconformity — unconventionality, informality, abnormity^†, abnormality, anomaly — anomalousness etc. adj.^† — exception, peculiarity — infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage — teratism^†, eccentricity, bizarrerie^†, oddity, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], monster, monstrosity, rarity — freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant — rouser, snorter [U.S.].
individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.
aberration — irregularity — variety — singularity — exemption — salvo etc. (qualification) 469.
nonconformist — nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch^†, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae [Lat.], rara avis [Lat.], queer fish — mongrel, random breed — half-caste, half-blood, half-breed — metis [Lat.], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto — tertium quid [Lat.], hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur — griffin, griffon — centaur — saggittary^† — kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent — mermaid, merman, merfolk^† — unicorn — Cyclops, men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" [Othello]; teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water — neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring — one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand — outcast, outlaw — off the beaten track — oasis.

verb

be uncomformable etc. adj. — abnormalize^† — leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path — infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom — drive a coach and six through — stretch a point — have no business there — baffle all description, beggar all description.

adjective

uncomformable, exceptional — abnormal, abnormous^† — anomalous, anomalistic — out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element — irregular, arbitrary — teratogenic — lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton — peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious — out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run — beyond the pale of, out of the pale of — misplaced — funny.
unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon — rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary — strange, monstrous — wonderful etc. 870 — unexpected, unaccountable — outre [Fr.], out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy — queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui generis [Lat.] — unfashionable — fantastic, grotesque, bizarre — outlandish, exotic, tombe des nues [Fr.], preternatural — denaturalized^†.
heterogeneous, heteroclite [Gramm.], amorphous, mongrel, amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid — androgynous, androgynal^† — asymmetric etc. 243 — adelomorphous^†, bisexual, hermaphrodite, monoclinous^†.
qualified etc. 469.
singular, unique, one-of-a-kind.
newfangled, novel, non-classical — original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar — undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled.

adverb

unconformably etc. adj. — except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone.
however, yet, but.
once in a blue moon, once in a million years.

interjection

what on earth!, what in the world!, What the devil!, Holy cow!, Can you top that —? Sacre bleu [Fr.].

phrase

never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like.
I could hardly believe it — I saw it, but I didn't believe it.

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

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