incoherency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.
  2. A thing which is incoherent.

Word forms

incoherency incoherencies

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cohaerentia English coherency English incoherency From in- + coherency or incoherent + -cy.

Synonyms

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