INQUISITIVENESS
INQUIS'ITIVENESS, noun The disposition to obtain information by questioning others, or by researches into facts, causes or principles; curiosity to learn what is not known. The ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INQUISITOR
INQUIS'ITOR, noun [Latin See Inquire.] One who inquires; particularly, one whose official duty it is to inquire and examine.1. A member of the court of inquisition in Catholic c...
INQUISITORIAL
INQUISITO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to inquisition; as inquisitorial power.1. Pertaining to the catholic court of inquisition; as inquisitorial tragedy.Inquisitorial robes.
INQUISITORIOUS
INQUISITO'RIOUS, adjective Making strict inquiry.
INQUOUS
INQ'UOUS, adjective Unjust. [Not used.]
INRAIL
INRA'IL, verb transitive [in and rail.] To rail in; to inclose with rails.
INRAILED
INRA'ILED, participle passive Inclosed with rails.
INRAILING
INRA'ILING, participle present tense Inclosing with rails.
INREGISTER
INREG'ISTER, verb transitive To register; to record; to enter in a register.
INROAD
IN'ROAD, noun [in and road.] The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion. The confines of England and Scotlan...
INSAFETY
INSA'FETY, noun Want of safety.
INSALUBRIOUS
INSALU'BRIOUS, adjective [in and salubrious.] Not salubrious; not healthful; unfavorable to health; unwholesome; as an insalubrious air or climate.
INSALUBRITY
INSALU'BRITY, noun [in and salubrity.] Want of salubrity; unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as the insalubrity of air, water or climate.
INSALUTARY
INSAL'UTARY, adjective [in and salutary.] Not salutary; not favorable to health or soundness.1. Not tending to safety; productive of evil.
INSANABLE
INSAN'ABLE, adjective [Latin insanabilis; in and sano, to heal.]Incurable; that cannot be healed.
INSANE
INSA'NE, adjective [Latin insanus; in and sanus, sound.]1. Unsound in mind or intellect; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. [In this sense of making mad, it is little...
INSANELY
INSA'NELY, adverb Madly; foolishly; without reason.
INSANENESS
INSA'NENESSINSAN'ITY, noun The state of being unsound in mind; derangement of intellect; madness. Insanity is chiefly used, and the word is applicable to any degree of mental de...
INSANITY
INSAN'ITY, n. The state of being unsound in mind; derangement of intellect; madness. Insanity is chiefly used, and the word is applicable to any degree of mental derangement, fr...
INSAPORY
INSAP'ORY, adjective [Latin in and sapor, taste.]Tasteless; wanting flavor. [Not used.]
INSATIABLE
INSA'TIABLE, adjective insa'shable. [Latin insatiabilis; in and satio, to satisfy.] Incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as an insatiable appetite or desire; i...
INSATIABLENESS
INSA'TIABLENESS, noun insa'shableness. Greediness of appetite that cannot be satisfied or appeased.
INSATIABLY
INSA'TIABLY, adverb insa'shably. With greediness not to be satisfied.
INSATIATE
INSA'TIATE, adjective insa'shate. [Latin insatiatus.]Not to be satisfied; insatiable; as insatiate thirst.
INSATIATELY
INSA'TIATELY, adverb So greedily as not to be satisfied.
INSATIETY
INSATI'ETY, noun Insatiableness.
INSATISFACTION
INSATISFAC'TION, noun Want of satisfaction.