Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: IN-AF-FA-BIL'I-TY – IN-AP'PE-TENCE, or IN-AP'PE-TEN-CY
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Reservedness in conversation.
IN-AF'FA-BLE, a.
Not affable; reserved.
Destitution of affected manner.
IN-AF-FECT'ED, a.
Unaffected. [Not used.]
IN-AID'A-BLE, a.
That can not be assisted. Shak.
IN-AL'IEN-A-BLE, a. [Fr; in and alienable, from L. alieno, alienus.]
Unalienable; that can not be legally or justly alienated or transferred to another. The dominions of a king are inalienable. All men have certain natural rights which are inalienable. The estate of a minor is inalienable, without a reservation of the right of redemption, or the authority of the legislature.
The state of being inalienable. Scott.
IN-AL'IEN-A-BLY, adv.
In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
IN-AL-I-MENT'AL, a. [in and aliment.]
Affording no nourishment. Bacon.
IN-AL-TER-A-BIL'I-TY, n. [from inalterable.]
The quality of not being alterable or changeable. Fourcroy.
IN-AL'TER-A-BLE, a. [in and alterable.]
That can not or may not be altered or changed; unalterable. Hakewill.
IN-A'MI-A-BLE, a.
Unamiable. [Not in use.]
Unamiableness. [Not in use.]
IN-A-MIS'SI-BLE, a. [L. in and amitto, to lose.]
Not to be lost. [Little used.] Hammond.
The state of not being liable to be lost.
IN-AM'O-RA'TO, n. [L. in and amor, love.]
A lover. Marston.
IN-ANE', a. [L. inanis, empty.]
Empty; void; sometimes used as a noun, to express a void space. Locke.
IN-AN'GU-LAR, a.
Not angular. [Little used.] Brown.
IN-AN'IMATE, a. [L. inanimatus; in and animo, animatus.]
- Destitute of animal life. Plants, stones and earth are inanimate substances; a corpse is an inanimate body.
- Destitute of animation or life.
IN-AN'IMATE, v.t. [infra.]
To animate. [Little used.]
IN-AN'I-MA-TED, a.
- Destitute of animal life. Cheyne.
- Not animated; not sprightly. [See Unanimated.]
IN-AN-I-MA'TION, n.
Animation. [Unusual and useless.]
IN-A-NI'TION, n. [Fr. from L. inanis, empty.]
Emptiness; want of fullness; as, inanition of body or of the vessels. Burton.
IN-AN'I-TY, n. [L. inanitas, from inanis, void.]
Emptiness; void space; vacuity. Digby.
IN-AP'PE-TENCE, or IN-AP'PE-TEN-CY, n. [in and appetence, L. appetentia.]
- Want of appetence, or of a disposition to seek, select or imbibe nutriment. [See Appetence.]
- Want of desire or inclination. Cheyne.