Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inarticulate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inarticulate \In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
not + articulatus articulate.]
1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
distinctness, as speech or words.

Music which is inarticulate poesy. --Dryden.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body
segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
(b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order ({Inarticulata}
or {Ecardines}) of brachiopods.

3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]

The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
--Walpole.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inarticulate
adj : without or deprived of the use of speech or words;
"inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate
and saying something noncommital"; "inarticulate with
rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: {unarticulate}]
[ant: {articulate}]


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