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Webster 1913 Edition


Inarticulate

Inˊar-tic′u-late

,
Adj.
[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.
(Zool.)
(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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Inarticulate

INARTIC'ULATE

,
Adj.
[in and articulate.] Not uttered with articulation or junction of the organs of speech; not articulate; not distinct, or with distinction of syllables. The sounds of brutes and fowls are, for the most part, inarticulate.