impar

American  

[im-pahr] / ˈɪm pɑr /

adjective

Anatomy.

1. unpaired; azygous.

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Etymology

Origin of impar

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

Example Sentences

The device non pluribus impar re-appeared on the stone rays representing a sun upon the front of the barracks on the Quai d'Orsay.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Another was the possession of a steed—a donkey, it is true, but a donkey out of a thousand, nee pluribus impar, and not unworthy of a knight in a great and exciting contest.

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten

Even Lord Bacon says, that, by comparison with Julius Cæsar, he was "non tam impar quam dispar," surely a most extravagant encomium, applied to whomsoever.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

Congressus impar Achilli: Achilles, the people, and Congressus the forbearing administration.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

The great good counsels, the examples brave, Won from the past, not buried in its grave, Still warm your soul with courage--still impar Wisdom to virtue, valor to the heart!

From War Poetry of the South by Various