Misfit: alternatives and connections

Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected pa…

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…

A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of soc…

Causing mirth; ludicrous.

A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.

The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination…

A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of cer…

Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.