† inorganityn.
Obsolete. rare.
The condition of being without organs.
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1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §36 There is no Organ or Instrument for the rational Soul; for in the brain, which we term the seat of Reason, there is not any thing of moment more than I can discover in the crany of a beast; and this is a sensible, and no inconsiderable argument of the inorganity of the Soul.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Inorganity, the want of such [organical] dispositions.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Inorganity, a being Inorganical, wanting Organs or instruments of motion or operation.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inorganity, a Deprivation of Organs or Instruments.
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