Ir*reg"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. ir- not + regular: cf. F. irrégulier.] Not
regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the
general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature,
to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not
normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight;
not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular
verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular
motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular.
Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when
most irregular they seem.
Milton.
Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and
wild Glendower.
Shak.
A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many
irregular meanders.
Jones.
Syn. -- Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous;
erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable;
changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate;
intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
Ir*reg"u*lar, n. One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in
regular service.
Ir*reg"u*lar*ist, n. One who is irregular. Baxter.
Ir*reg`u*lar"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Irregularities (#). [Cf. F.
irrégularité.] The state or quality of being irregular; that which is
irregular.
Ir*reg"u*lar*ly, adv. In an irregular manner.
Ir*reg"u*late (?), v. t. To make irregular; to disorder. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
Ir*reg"u*lous (?), a. Lawless. [Obs.] Shak.
Ir`re*ject"a*ble (?), a. That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.
Ir`re*laps"a*ble (?), a. Not liable to relapse; secure. Dr. H. More.
Ir`re*late (?), a. Irrelative; unconnected.
Ir`re*la"tion (?), n. The quality or state of being irrelative; want of
connection or relation.
Ir*rel"a*tive (?), a. Not relative; without mutual relations;
unconnected. -- Ir*rel"a*tive*ly, adv.
Irrelative chords (Mus.), those having no common tone. -- Irrelative
repetition (Biol.), the multiplication of parts that serve for a common
purpose, but have no mutual dependence or connection. Owen.
Ir*rel"a*vance (?), n. Irrelevancy.
Ir*rel"a*van*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being irrelevant; as,
the irrelevancy of an argument.
Ir*rel"a*vant (?), a. Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not
bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony
or arguments irrelevant to a case. -- Ir*rel"a*vant*ly, adv.
Ir`re*liev"a*ble (?), a. Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.
Ir`re*li"gion (?), n. [L. irreligio: cf. F. irréligion. See In- not,
and Religion.] The state of being irreligious; want of religion;
impiety.
Ir`re*li"gion*ist, n. One who is irreligious.