Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-E-LUCT'A-BLE – IN-ER-RAT'IC
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IN-E-LUCT'A-BLE, a. [L. ineluctabilis.]
Not to be resisted by struggling; not to be overcome. [Not used.] Pearson.
IN-E-LUD'I-BLE, a. [in and eludible.]
That can not be eluded or defeated. Glanville.
IN-EM'BRY-ON-ATE, a.
Not formed in embryo.
IN-E-NAR'RA-BLE, a. [L. inenarrabilis.]
That can not be narrated or told.
IN-EPT', a. [L. ineptus; in and aptus, fit, apt.]
- Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable. Woodward.
- Improper; unbecoming; foolish. More.
IN-EPT'I-TUDE, n.
Unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness; as, an ineptitude to motion. Arbuthnot.
IN-EPT'LY, adv.
Unfitly; unsuitably; foolishly. Glanville.
IN-EPT'NESS, n.
Unfitness. More.
IN-E'QUAL, a. [in and equal.]
Unequal; uneven; various. Shenstone.
IN-E-QUAL'I-TY, n. [L. inæqualitas; in and æqualis, equal; Fr. inegalité.]
- Difference or want of equality in degree, quantity, length, or quality of any kind; the state of not having equal measure, degree, dimensions or amount; as, an inequality in size or stature; an inequality of numbers or of power; inequality of distances or of motions.
- Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab.
- Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; incompetency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.
- Diversity; want of uniformity in different times or places; as, the inequality of air or temperature.
- Difference of rank, station or condition; as, the inequalities of men in society; inequalities of rank or property.
Not being equally distant. Say.
Having unequal sides. Say.
IN-EQUILIBRIO, adv. [L.]
In an even poise.
IN-EQ'UI-TA-BLE, a. [in and equitable.]
Not equitable; not just.
IN-E'QUI-VALVE, or IN-E-QUI-VAL'VU-LAR, a.
Having unequal valves.
That can not be eradicated. Channing.
IN-E-RAD'IC-AL-LY, adv.
So as not to be eradicable.
IN-ER-GET'IC, or IN-ER-GET'IC-AL, a.
Having no energy.
IN-ER-GET'IC-AL-LY, adv.
Without energy.
IN-ERM', or IN-ERM'OUS, a. [L. inermis; in and arma, arms.]
Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf; a botanical word. Martyn.
IN-ER-RA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from inerrable.]
Exemption from error or from the possibility of erring; infallibility. King Charles.
IN-ER'RA-BLE, a. [in and err.]
That can not err; exempt from error or mistake; infallible. Hammond.
Exemption from error; inerrability. Hammond.
IN-ER'RA-BLY, adv.
With security from error; infallibly.
IN-ER-RAT'IC, a. [in and erratic.]
Not erratic or wandering; fixed. Paus. Trans.