inconsistence
English
Etymology
in- + consistence
Noun
inconsistence (countable and uncountable, plural inconsistences)
- (archaic) inconsistency
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
- And yet I cannot find the least inconsistence with conscience or honour
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inconsistence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)