impar

[ im-pahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Anatomy.

1375–1425 for earlier noun sense “odd number,” 1525–35 for current sense; late Middle English < Latin impār unequal. See im- ², par ¹

Tam impar verbosus prdicator, illi tam potenti verbi operator.

He was small-minded enough to think that a subject overshadowed him, nec pluribus impar.

This game of chance, which is still very common, was extremely popular under the name ludere par impar.

Pari dyspari, si impar esses tibi, ego nunc non essem miser.

Neither is William impar sibi: but his day of unbroken victory is over.

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