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Webster 1913 Edition

Anarthrous

An-ar′throus

,

Adj.

[Gr.

ἄναρθροσ

without joints, without the article;

ἀν

priv. +

ἄρθρον

joint, the article.]

1.

(Gr. Gram.)

Used without the article;

as, an

anarthrous

substantive

.

2.

(Zool.)

Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.