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▪ I. inarticulate, a.|ɪnɑːˈtɪkjʊlət|
[ad. L. inarticulāt-us, f. in- (in-3) + articulātus articulate. Cf. F. inarticulé.]
Not articulate: the opposite of articulate.
1. Not jointed or hinged; esp. in Zool. and Bot. Not having articulation; not composed of segments united by joints.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 449 The whole body inarticulate, and not well compounded for the outward sight. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiii. (1611) 124 Such beasts as haue their feet Solid or Vndiuided or..inarticulat, that is to say without toes. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xxi. 230 The Feet of women, which being naturally short and round, and also inarticulate. 1776Da Costa Conchol. 242 A hinge is inarticulate when not set with any visible joints or teeth. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 639 Gorgonidæ forming an inarticulate solid stony axis. 1851Richardson Geol. viii. 229 Body inarticulate, soft and pulpy.
b. Of or belonging to the division Inarticulata of Brachiopods, with non-articulate valves, now called Ecardines.
In mod. Dicts.
c. Disjoined, unconnected, dislocated.
1852G. W. Curtis Howadji in Syria (1872) 26 (Funk) Heliopolis is a mass of sand mounds now, and a few inarticulate stone relics.
2. Of sound or voice: Not of the nature of articulate speech; not consisting of distinct parts having each a definite meaning; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations; without distinction of syllables: as a long musical note, a groan, or the sounds produced by some animals. Also, not clearly articulated, indistinctly pronounced.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 643 A kinde of voice, not altogether inarticulate and insignificant. 1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. To Rdr., The inarticulate sounds of musique. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. iii. §1 Had they not learned the inarticulate voice of the goats. 1670Dryden Tyran. Love Pref., Solemn Musick, which is inarticulate Poesie. 1790Beattie Moral Sc. i. i. §4. 81 Inarticulate sounds may be divided into musical sound and noise. 1828Wordsw. Power of Sound xiii, Ye banded instruments of wind and chords Unite..Your inarticulate notes with the voice of words! 1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. ii. 50 In the attempt to do so he produced sounds which were wholly inarticulate.
b. Unable to speak articulately or distinctly; not using articulate speech; dumb.
1754H. Walpole Lett. to Mann 28 Mar., The poor Earl, who is inarticulate with the palsy. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. ii. (1872) 41 The heavy miseries pressing..on the great dumb inarticulate class. 1855Thackeray Newcomes v, [She] was found..in the morning, inarticulate, but still alive. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 289 Then inarticulate with rage and grief Phineus turned on him.
c. transf. Having no distinct meaning.
1855G. Brimley Ess., Poetry & Crit. 191 Inarticulate gibberish. 1899Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb., The beautiful comprehensiveness of these inarticulate Articles.
▪ II. † inarˈticulate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. in-2 + articulate v.]
trans. To joint in, joint together.
1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. iii. Note 19 (1727) 124 In Man, and Quadrupeds, they are four, curiously inarticulated with one another. |