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Definition of Inarticulate
1. Adjective. Without or deprived of the use of speech or words. "An inarticulate cry"
Similar to: Aphasic, Aphonic, Voiceless, Dumb, Mute, Silent, Dumb, Incoherent, Tongue-tied, Mute, Tongueless, Unspoken, Wordless, Dumb, Speechless, Unarticulated
Also: Incommunicative, Uncommunicative
Antonyms: Articulate
Definition of Inarticulate
1. a. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
Definition of Inarticulate
1. Adjective. (context: of speech) not articulated in normal words ¹
2. Adjective. speechless ¹
3. Adjective. unable to speak with any clarity ¹
4. Adjective. (biology) not having joints or other articulations ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inarticulate
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inarticulate
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1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. "Music which is inarticulate poesy." (Dryden)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inarticulate
Literary usage of Inarticulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"The inarticulate outcry. We have seen that oni linguistic utterances are part of
the expressive movements which attend every experience. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In Fox's own pamphlets, though his emotion sometimes renders him inarticulate,
there is often a surprising elevation of thought, and an unstudied dignity of ..."
3. Shakspere and His Forerunners: Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its by Sidney Lanier (1902)
"... this lamentable play there could be no fitter epilogue than these sullen shots
from behind the curtain, like inarticulate cries from beyond the grave. ..."
4. Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology by Richard Aldington (1917)
"... inarticulate GRIEF LET the sea beat its thin torn hands In anguish against
the shore, Let it moan Between headland and cliff; Let the sea shriek out its ..."
5. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"He ran up to her—caught her in his arms —gasped out some inarticulate words of
thanks, and fairly sobbed on her shoulder. She did not know the cause of his ..."
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