INNKEEPER
INN'KEEPER, noun [inn and keep.] An innholder. In America, the innkeeper is often a tavern keeper or taverner, as well as an innkeeper the inn for furnishing lodgings and provis...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INNOCENCE
IN'NOCENCEIN'NOCENCY, noun [Latin innocentia; in and noceo, to hurt.]1. Properly, freedom from any quality that can injure; innoxiousness; harmlessness; as the innocence of a me...
INNOCENCY
IN'NOCENCY, n. [L. innocentia; in and noceo, to hurt.]1. Properly, freedom from any quality that can injure; innoxiousness; harmlessness; as the innocence of a medicine which ca...
INNOCENT
IN'NOCENT, adjective [Latin innocens.]1. Properly, not noxious; not producing injury; free from qualities that can injure; harmless; innoxious; as an innocent medicine or remedy...
INNOCENTLY
IN'NOCENTLY, adverb Without harm; without incurring guilt.1. With simplicity; without evil design.2. Without incurring a forfeiture or penalty; as goods innocently imported.
INNOCUOUS
INNOC'UOUS, adjective [Latin innocuus; in and noceo, to hurt.]Harmless; safe; producing no ill effect; innocent. Certain poisons used as medicines in small quantities, prove not...
INNOCUOUSLY
INNOC'UOUSLY, adverb Without harm; without injurious effects.
INNOCUOUSNESS
INNOC'UOUSNESS, noun Harmlessness; the quality of being destitute of mischievous qualities or effects.
INNOMINABLE
INNOM'INABLE, adjective Not to be named.
INNOMINATE
INNOM'INATE, adjective Having no name; anonymous.
INNOVATE
IN'NOVATE, verb transitive [Latin innovo; in and novo, to make new, novus, new.]1. To change or alter by introducing something new.From his attempts upon the civil power, he pro...
INNOVATED
IN'NOVATED, participle passive Changed by the introduction of something new.
INNOVATING
IN'NOVATING, participle present tense Introducing novelties.
INNOVATION
INNOVA'TION, noun [from innovate.] Change made by the introduction of something new; change in established laws, customs, rites or practices. innovation is expedient, when it re...
INNOVATOR
IN'NOVATOR, noun An introducer of changes.Time is the greatest innovator1. One who introduces novelties, or who makes changes by introducing something new.
INNOXIOUS
INNOX'IOUS, adjective [Latin innoxius; in and noxius, noceo, to hurt.]1. Free from mischievous qualities; innocent; harmless; as an innoxious drug.2. Not producing evil; harmles...
INNOXIOUSLY
INNOX'IOUSLY, adverb Harmlessly; without mischief.1. Without harm suffered.
INNOXIOUSNESS
INNOX'IOUSNESS, noun Harmlessness.The innoxiousness of the small pox.
INNUENDO
INNUEND'O, noun [Latin from innuo, to nod; in and nuo.]1. An oblique hint; a remote intimation or reference to a person or thing not named.Mercury--owns it a marriage by innuend...
INNUENT
IN'NUENT, adjective [Latin innuens.] Significant.
INNUMERABILITY
INNUMERABIL'ITYINNU'MERABLE, adjective [Latin innumerabilis. See Number.]1. Not to be counted; that cannot be enumerated or numbered for multitude.2. In a loose sense, very nume...
INNUMERABLE
INNU'MERABLE, a. [L. innumerabilis. See Number.]1. Not to be counted; that cannot be enumerated or numbered for multitude.2. In a loose sense, very numerous.
INNUMERABLENESS
INNU'MERABLENESS, noun State of being innumerable.
INNUMERABLY
INNU'MERABLY, adverb Without number.
INNUMEROUS
INNU'MEROUS, adjective [Latin innumerus; in and numerus, number.]Too many to be counted or numbered; innumerable.
INNUTRITION
INNUTRI'TION, noun [in and nutrition.] Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.
INNUTRITIOUS
INNUTRI'TIOUS, adjective [in and nutritious.] Not nutritious; not supplying nourishment; not nourishing.