Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IR-REL'A-TIVE – IR-RE-NOWN'ED
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IR-REL'A-TIVE, a. [in and relative.]
Not relative; not connected. Irrelative chords, in music, have no common sound.
IR-REL'A-TIVE-LY, adv.
Unconnectedly. Boyle.
IR-REL'E-VAN-CY, n. [from irrelevant.]
Inapplicability; the quality of not being applicable, or of not serving to aid and support; as, the irrelevancy of an argument or of testimony to a case in question.
IR-REL'E-VANT, a. [in and Fr. relever, to raise, from elever, lever, L. elevo, levo, to raise.]
Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not serving to support. We call evidence, testimony, and arguments irrelevant to a cause, when they are inapplicable to it, or do not serve to support it.
IR-REL'E-VANT-LY, adv.
Without being to the purpose.
IR-RE-LIEV'A-BLE, a.
Not admitting relief. Hargrave.
IR-RE-LIG'ION, n. [Fr.; in and religion.]
Want of religion, or contempt of it; impiety. Dryden.
Ono who is destitute of religious principles; a despiser of religion. Nott.
IR-RE-LIG'IOUS, a. [Fr. irreligieux.]
- Destitute of religious principles; contemning religion; impious; ungodly. Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious. South.
- Contrary to religion; profane; impious; wicked; as, an irreligious speech; irreligious conduct.
IR-RE-LIG'IOUS-LY, adv.
With impiety; wickedly.
Want of religious principles or practices; ungodliness.
IR-RE'ME-A-BLE, a. [L. irremeabilis; in and remeo, to return; re and meo, to pass.]
Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way. Dryden.
IR-RE-ME'DI-A-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and remediable, from remedy.]
- Not to be remedied; that can not be cured; as, an irremediable disease or evil.
- Not to be corrected or redressed; as, irremediable error or mischief.
State of being irremediable.
IR-RE-ME'DI-A-BLY, adv.
In a manner or degree that precludes remedy, cure or correction. Bp. Taylor.
IR-RE-MIS'SI-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and remissible; remitto. See Remit.]
Not to be pardoned; that can not be forgiven or remitted. Whiston.
The quality of being unpardonable. Hammond.
IR-RE-MIS'SI-BLY, adv.
So as not to be pardoned. Sherwood.
IR-RE-MIS'SIVE, a.
Not remitting.
IR-RE-MOV-A-BIL'I-TY, n. [See Irremovable.]
The quality or state of being irremovable, or not removable from office.
IR-RE-MOV'A-BLE, a. [in and removable.]
- That can not be moved or changed. Shak.
- That can not be legally or constitutionally removed from office.
IR-RE-MOV'A-BLY, adv.
So as not to admit of removal.
IR-RE-MOV'AL, n.
Absence of removal.
IR-RE-MU'NER-ABLE, a. [in and remunerable.]
That can not be rewarded.
IR-RE-NOWN'ED, a.
Not renowned; not celebrated. Spenser.