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

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impar

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

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

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

"And the sun," said D'Artagnan, "is this," as he pointed to the panels of the cabinet, where the sun was brilliantly represented in every direction with this motto, "Nec pluribus impar."

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre

If it was his, I shall only say, he was impar sibi.'

From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Boswell, James