inarticulate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin inarticulatus and from in- + articulate.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪn.ɑɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/
- Hyphenation: in‧ar‧tic‧u‧late
Adjective[edit]
inarticulate (comparative more inarticulate, superlative most inarticulate)
- (of speech) not articulated in normal words.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 274:
- Major Johnstone strove to speak, but the words died in an inarticulate gurgle low in his throat; and Evelyn had only time to start from his knee, and save the dying man from falling to the earth.
- speechless
- unable to speak with any clarity
- (biology) not having joints or other articulations
Translations[edit]
not articulated in normal words
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speechless
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unable to speak with clarity
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not having joints or other articulations
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Noun[edit]
inarticulate (plural inarticulates)
- (zoology) An animal belonging to the subphylum Inarticulata.
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