Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN'SIGHT – IN-SI-PID'I-TY, or IN-SIP'ID-NESS
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IN'SIGHT, n. [in'site. in and sight.]
Sight or view of the interior of any thing; deep inspection or view; introspection; thorough knowledge or skill. A garden gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Providence. Spectator.
IN-SIG'NI-A, n. [L. plur.]
- Badges or distinguishing marks of office or honor. Burke.
- Marks, signs or visible impressions, by which any thing is known or distinguished. Beattie.
IN-SIG-NIF'I-CANCE, or IN-SIG-NIF'I-CAN-CY, n. [in and significance.]
- Want of significance or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
- Unimportance; want of force or effect; as, the insignificance of human art or of ceremonies. Addison.
- Want of weight; meanness.
IN-SIG-NIF'I-CANT, a. [in and significant.]
- Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as, insignificant words.
- Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as, insignificant rites.
- Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant being or fellow.
An insignificant, trifling or worthless thing. Tatler.
IN-SIG-NIF'I-CANT-LY, adv.
- Without meaning, as words.
- Without importance or effect; to no purpose.
Not expressing by external signs.
IN-SIN-CERE', a. [L. insincerus; in and sincerus, sincere.]
- Not sincere; not being in truth what one appears to be; dissembling; hypocritical; false; used of persons; as, an insincere heart.
- Deceitful; hypocritical; false; used of things; as, insincere declarations or professions.
- Not sound.
IN-SIN-CERE'LY, adv.
Without sincerity; hypocritically.
IN-SIN-CER'I-TY, n.
- Dissimulation; want of sincerity or of being in reality what one appears to be; hypocrisy; used of persons.
- Deceitfulness; hollowness; used of things; as, the insincerity of professions.
IN-SIN'EW, v.t. [in and sinew.]
To strengthen; to give vigor to. Shak.
IN-SIN'EW-ED, pp.
Strengthened.
IN-SIN'EW-ING, ppr.
Giving vigor to.
IN-SIN'U-ANT, a. [Fr. from L. insinuans.]
Insinuating; having the power to gain favor. [Little used.] Wotton.
IN-SIN'U-ATE, v.i.
- To creep in; to wind in; to flow in; to enter gently, slowly or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
- To gain on the affections by gentle or artful means, or by imperceptible degrees; as, insinuating flattery.
- To wind along. Milton.
IN-SIN'U-ATE, v.t. [Fr. insinuer; L. insinuo; in and sinus, the bosom, a bay, inlet or recess.]
- To introduce gently, or into a narrow passage; to wind in. Water insinuates itself into the crevices of rocks.
- To push or work one's self into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle or artful means. He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the duke of Buckingham. Clarendon.
- To hint; to suggest by remote allusion. And all the fictions bards pursue, / Do but insinuate what's true. Swift.
- To instill; to infuse gently; to introduce artfully. All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions and thereby mislead the judgment. Locke.
IN-SIN'U-A-TED, pp.
Introduced or conveyed gently, imperceptibly or by winding into crevices; hinted.
IN-SIN'U-A-TING, ppr.
- Creeping or winding in; flowing in; gaining on gently; hinting.
- adj. Tending to enter gently; insensibly winning favor and confidence.
IN-SIN'U-A-TING-LY, adv.
By insinuation.
IN-SIN-U-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. insinuatio.]
- The act of insinuating; a creeping or winding in; a flowing into crevices.
- The act of gaining on favor or affections, by gentle or artful means.
- The art or power of pleasing and stealing on the affections. He had a natural insinuation and address, which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon.
- A hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion. Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
IN-SIN'U-A-TIVE, a.
Stealing on the affections. Bacon.
IN-SIN'U-A-TOR, n.
One who insinuates; one that hints.
IN-SIP'ID, a. [Fr. insipide; L. insipidus; in and sapidus, sapio, to taste.]
- Tasteless; destitute of taste; wanting the qualities which affect the organs of taste; vapid; as, insipid liquor.
- Wanting spirit, life or animation; wanting pathos, or the power of exciting emotions; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid address; an insipid composition.
- Wanting power to gratify desire; as, insipid pleasures.
IN-SIP'ID-ENCE, n. [L. insipientia; in and sapio, to be wise.]
Want of wisdom; folly; foolishness; want of understanding.
IN-SI-PID'I-TY, or IN-SIP'ID-NESS, n. [Fr. insipidité.]
- Want of taste, or the power of exciting sensation in the tongue.
- Want of life or spirit. Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's. Pope.