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inarˈticulated, ppl. a.
[in-3.]
Not articulated.
1. Zool. and Bot. Unjointed: = inarticulate a. 1.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 Arborescent stems with rigid..inarticulated leaves, called fronds. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. ii. 60 Lamarck..associated the Polype or Compound Animals with Inarticulated Animals. Ibid. ii. vi. i. 292 A sucker inclosed in an inarticulated sheath. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 466 In the inarticulated Brachiopods, our knowledge of the nervous system is very imperfect.
2. Of sound or voice: Not uttered articulately; = inarticulate a. 2.
1824Galt Rothelan II. iv. viii. 169 She..listened to the inarticulated menaces of his inflamed spirit. 1886Pall Mall G. 22 Apr. 13/2 Cries of ‘Out with the Premier, and give us a railroad’, alternated with the fierce, inarticulated yells. |