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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSIMILITUDE, n. [L.] Unlikeness; want of resemblance; as a dissimilitude of form or character.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn: unlikeness, dissimilitude] [ant: alikeness, likeness, similitude]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dissimilitudo, from dissimilis unlike, from dis- + similis like — more at same Date: 15th century lack of resemblance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. unlikeness, dissimilarity. Etymology: L dissimilitudo (as DISSIMILATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dissimilitude Dis`si*mil"i*tude, n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.] 1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. --Stillingfleet. 2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See dissimilarity.