Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: inertia – infesting
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inertia, n. [L. iners, want of art or skill; this headword appears on a scrap of paper attached to the ED poem, not in the poem itself.]
Rest; inactivity; passiveness; slowness; sluggishness; lack of movement; [fig.] undeviating course; steady motion in a straight line.
infamy, n. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: conviction).
- Ignominy; opprobrium; notoriety; public disgrace.
- Shame; dishonor.
- Anonymity; namelessness; [fig.] ravage; decline; degeneration; retrogression.
infant, adj. [OFr enfant < L.] (webplay: years).
Childlike; youthful; like a baby; [fig.] soft; tender; innocent; trustworthy; guileless.
infect (-s), v. [Fr. < L. inficere, dip in, stain, taint, spoil.] (webplay: taint).
Infuse; instill; impress; influence; imbue.
infection, n. [Fr. < L. infectiōnem, contagion.]
Contamination; corruption; pollution; [fig.] ailment; sickness; malady.
infer (inferred, -s), v. [Fr. < L. inferre bear, bring, or carry in, inflict, cause, occasion, introduce.] (webplay: bear, conclusion, creator, God, obligation, premises, true).
- Deduct; derive by reason; conclude by logical analogy.
- Perceive; sense by intuition.
- Ascertain; discover; conclude; understand.
- Suggest; imply; evoke; [fig.] achieve.
inference, n. [L. inferentia, implying.] (webplay: mind).
- Conclusion; reasoning; understanding; guess; implication.
- Suggestion; proposition; hint; trace.
inferior, adj. [L. inferiōr, lower.] (webplay: life, low, superior).
- Lowly; submissive; subordinate; deferential; [fig.] mortal; human; pertaining to the earth.
- Less significant; relatively ineffective; not as well suited.
- Low-lying; less in elevation; situated closer to earth.
- Subordinate; subservient; obsequious; lower ranking.
infest (-s), v. [Fr. or L. infestare, assail, molest.]
Cover; permeate; fill; sink into.
infesting, verbal adj. [see infest, v.]
Disturbing; troublesome; bothersome; distressing; [fig.] penetrating; discerning; scrutinizing.