† inorganicaladj.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. ix. 40 All three Faculties make one Soule, which is inorganicall of it selfe, although it be in all parts, & incorporeall, vsing their Organs, and working by them.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. i. ii. ix. 24 Many erroneous opinions are about the Essence and Originall of it [sc. the soul],..whether it bee Organicall, or Inorganicall; seated in the Braine, Heart, or Blood; mortall, or immortall.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §36 Nor truely can I peremptorily deny, that the soule in this her sublunary estate, is wholly and in all acceptions inorganicall . View more context for this quotation

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 55 Aristotle should otherwise contradict himself, who had before affirmed, the Intellect to be Separable, Unmixed and Inorganical.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. i. 136 Though Sense is Passive and Organical, yet Knowledge is Inorganical and an Active Power and Strength of the Mind.

1674 R. Boyle New Exper. Efficacy Air's Moisture 4 in Tracts. Observ. Saltness of Sea The moistning Particles..exercise a notable..force even upon Inanimate and Inorganicall bodies.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vii. 80 Sonorous motions of the Air..find in bodies inanimate and Inorganicall, such congruous Textures and Dispositions to admit their action.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 213 We come to the lowest and the most inorganical parts of Matter.