rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean.
     secundum artem[Lat], shipshape, technical; exemple[Fr]. illustrative,
in point. 
     Adv. conformably &c. adj.; by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with,
in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar[Lat], instar omnium[Lat]; more solito[Lat], more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma[Lat], for form’s sake, by the card.
     invariably, &c. (uniformly) 16.
     for example, exempli gratia[Lat], e. g.; inter alia[Lat], among other
things; for instance. 
     Phr. cela va sans dire[Fr]; ex pede Herculem[Lat]; noscitur a sociis
[Lat]; ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat [Lat][Erasmus]; “they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations” [Bacon].  “The nail that sticks up will get hammered down” [Japanese saying]; “Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.”

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     #83.  Unconformity.—­ N. {opp. 82} nonconformity &c. 82; unconformity,
disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity[obs3], abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness &c. adj[obs3].; exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism[obs3], eccentricity, bizarrerie[obs3], oddity, je ne sais quoi[Fr], monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter* [U.S.].
     individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.
     aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo &c.
(qualification) 469.
     nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch,
nonsuch[obs3], monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae[Lat], rara avis[Lat], queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis[Lat], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid[Lat], hermaphrodite.
     [mythical animal] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin,
griffon; centaur; saggittary[obs3]; kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk[obs3]; unicorn; Cyclops, “men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders” [Othello]; teratology.
     [unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water; neither one
thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis. 
     V. be uncomformable &c. adj.; abnormalize[obs3]; leave the beaten
track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description,