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unarˈticulated, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. G. unarticulirt, Sw. oarticulerad.]
1. Not articulated or distinct.
a1700Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 25 God from the Moment we draw breath,..Our words, when unarticulated, hears. 1823Lamb Let. Old Gentl. Misc. Wks. (1871) 451 That unarticulated language, which was before the written tongue. 1840Willis Loiterings II. 139 The touching attitudes and utter abandonment of all around to their unarticulated devotions.
2. Not jointed; not fitted together.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. xiii. 399 The egg encloses a short unarticulated embryo. a1894C. H. Pearson in Stebbing Life (1900) 77 A cupboard full of unarticulated human bones. |