inelegant 
ffant.] Not elegant; ungraceful; unrefined: de- 
ficient in any quality required by correct tiistc. 
[Obsolete as used in the first extract.] 
Must ample fruit, 
Of beauteous form, . . . pleasing to sight, 
Hut to the tongue inelegant and flat. 
J. I'hilipi, Cider, 1. 
Modern criticks, having never read Homer but in low 
and inelegant translations, impute the meanness of the 
translation to the poet. W. Itrmme, Notes on the Odyssey. 
= Syn. I'ngraceful, homely, plain, clumsy, ungainly, rough, 
awkward. 
inelegantly (iu-ere-gant-li), adv. In an inele- 
gant manner ; ungracefully; rudely. 
Nor will he, if he have the least taste or application, talk 
inelegantly. Chesterfield. 
The pediment of the southern transept is pinnacled, not 
inelegantly, with a flourished cross. 
T. Warton, Uist of Kiddlngton, p. 8. 
ineligibility (in-el'i-ji-bil'i-ti), . [= P. im : ii- 
gibiliti; < ML. ineligibilita(t-)n, < ineligibilis. in- 
eligible: see ineligible.] 1. Lack of eligibility 
in any respect ; the character of being unworthy 
to be selected or chosen; unfitness; inexpedi- 
ency: as, the ineligibility of a suitor. 2. Spe- 
cifically, the condition of being ineligible to a 
specified office oremployment; disqualification 
for election or choice : as, the ineligibility of a 
candidate. 
ineligible (in-el'i-ji-bl), a. [= P. ineligible = 
Pg. tnelegivel = It. ineligibile, < ML. ineligibilis, 
that cannot be chosen, < in- priv. + *eligibilis, 
that can be chosen: see eligible."] 1. Not eligi- 
ble, in general ; unworthy of choice; unsuitable; 
inexpedient : as, an ineligible site for a building. 
In the first view, appeals to the people at fixed periods 
appear to be nearly as \neliyitte as appeals on particular oc- 
casions as they emerge. A. Hamilton, Federalist, No. 60. 
2. Specifically, not eligible to a specified office 
or post of honor ; legally or otherwise disquali- 
fied. 
He that cannot be admitted cannot be elected ; and, the 
votes given to a man ineligible being given in vain, the 
highest number of an eligible candidate becomes a major- 
ity. Johnson, The False Alarm. 
I wish that at the end of the four years they had made 
him [the President) forever ineligible a second time. 
Jeffcrtton, Correspondence, II. 266. 
ineligibly (in-el'i-ji-bli), adv. In an ineligible 
manner. 
ineliminable (in-e-lim'i-na-bl), . [< in- 3 + 
eliminable.] Not elimiuable; that cannot be 
eliminated, thrown out, or set aside. 
The number of laborers is an ineliminable element In the 
problem. What is the amount of possible wages? 
F. A. Walker, N. A. Rev., CXX. 108. 
ineloquence (in-el'o-kwens), . [< ineloquen(t) 
+ -ce.] The state or quality of being inelo- 
quent; want of eloquence ; a habit of silence or 
reserve in speech. 
To us, as already hinted, the Abbot's eloquence is less 
admirable than his ineloquence, his great invaluable talent 
of silence. Carlyle, Past and Present, II. 11. 
ineloquent (in-el'o-kwent),a. [= F. iniloquent 
= Pg. It. ineloquente, < 1JL. ineloquen(t-)s, < L. in- 
priv. + eloqueit(t-)s, eloquent :' see eloquent.'] 
Not eloquent ; wanting the quality or charac- 
teristics of eloquence. 
To whom thus Raphael answer'd heavenly meek : 
Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, 
Nor tongue itteloquent. Milton, P. L., viii. 219. 
ineloquently (in-el'o-kweut-li), adv. In an in- 
eloquent manner; without eloquence. 
ineluctable (in-e-luk'ta-bl), a. [= P. inline- 
table = Pg. ineluctavel = It. ineluttabile, (. L. inr- 
luctabiliy, <. in- priv. + cluctabilis, that may be 
escaped from, \ eluctari, struggle out: eeoeluc- 
tatc.] Not to be overcome or escaped from. 
She realized that she and he were alike helpless both 
strugKliiiK in the grip of some force outside themselves, 
inexorable, ineluctable. 
Mrs. H. Ward, Robert Elsmere, xxviii. 
ineludible (in-e-lu'di-bl), a. [= Sp. ineludible; 
as i'- 3 + eludible.] Not eludible; not to be 
eluded or escaped. 
One would think that an opinion so very obnoxious, and 
so lyable to such grand inconveniences, should not be ad- 
mitted but upon most pressing reasons and inrhidible de- 
monstrations, {llanville, Pre-existence of Souls, ii. 
inembryonate (in-em'bri-on-at), . [< in-3 + 
i-iiilii-j/iinatt:] Not embryouate ; not formed in 
embryo. [Hare.] 
inemendablet (in-o-mon'da-bl), . [= It. ><- 
mi'Hilttbilc; as in- 3 ' + MMndOM*.] Not to be 
emended; not to be atoned for: said formerly 
of certain crimes. Kersi-y, 1708. 
inenarrablet, . [< OP. inenarrable, F. inenar- 
rablc = Hp. inenarrable = Pg. inciiiirmi '< / = It. 
iiK'iinrriiliili; < L. inciHirrabilit:, tliat cannot be 
described, < ('- priv. + tfiiarrubilin, that can be 
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described, < enarrare, describe, relate in detail : 
see enarration.] Incapable of being narrated 
or told. 
This blyssed Lordo is to be set by aboue al tbynKe, he Is 
to be loued belt, for his inenarrable goodnes. 
Up. Fulier, Seven Penitential Psalmi, Ps. cxlrll. 
'1 In- princes then, and nauie that did bring 
These so inenarrable troopes, and all their soylcs, I sing. 
Chapman, Iliad, i i. 
inenchyma (iu-eng'ki-ma), n. [NL., < L. in, in, 
+ Gr. tj ,t''/"', an infusion: see enchymatous.] 
In l>:i/. , a nbrocellular tissue the elements of 
which have the appearance of spiral vessels. 
Baillon. 
inept (in-epf ), a. [= F. inepte = Sp. Pg. inepto 
= It. inetto, < L. ineptus, unsuitable, improper, 
senseless, < in- priv. + aptus, suitable: see apt. 
Cf. inapt.'] 1. Not apt, fit, or suitable; inapt. 
The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries, 
and therefore of no accommodation to the use of life. 
Olanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, xix. 
The genius of the order [of Druids] admitted of no inept 
member. For the acolyte unendowed with the faculty of 
study, all initiation ceased. 
/. D'ltraeli, Amen, of Lit, I. 18. 
2. Inappropriate; out of place; foolish. 
To view attention as a special state of intelligence, and 
to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. 
Sir W. Hamilton. 
The suggestion which from a later standpoint appears 
inept may be recognized as ingenious from the earlier. 
Q. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 803. 
Inepti (in-ep'ti), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. ineptus, 
stupid: seeing^/.] 1. A term proposed by Illi- 
ger (1811) to include birds related to the dodo, 
Didus ineptus. 2. In Bonaparte's system of 
classification (1854), the fourth order of Ares, 
of his subclass Insessores (see Altrices), consist- 
ing of the family Didida; in which he misplaces 
the genera Mpyornis and Pezophaps, together 
with his Ornithoptera and Cyanornis: the last 
two are equivalent to Apterornis of Selys. The 
group is thus an artificial one. 
ineptitude (in-ep'ti-tud), H. [= OF. and F. in- 
eptitude = Sp. ineptitud = It. inettitudine, < L. 
ineptititdo, < ineptus, inept: see inept. Cf. iii- 
aptitude.] The quality or state of being inept ; 
lack of aptness or adaptation ; unfitness ; un- 
suitableness ; inaptitude ; foolishness. 
To avoid therefore that ineptitude for society, which Is 
frequently the fault of us scholars, . . . I take care to visit 
all publick solemnities. Taller, No. 203. 
The unthinking ineptitude with which even the routine 
of life is carried on by the mass of men. 
H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 303. 
It would seem likely that the French word (Topinam- 
bour] is an endeavour to imitate phonetically the red In- 
dian name of the plant [artichoke], a process for which 
the French usually show an extraordinary ineptitude. 
S. and Q., 6th ser., XI. 110. 
ineptly (iu-ept'li), adc. In an inept manner; 
unsuitably; awkwardly; foolishly. 
They [the Perlpateticks] ineptly fansled . . . [the crys- 
talline humour of the eye] to be the immediate organ of 
vision wherein all the species of external objects were 
terminated. ftay, Works of Creation, ii. 
ineptness (in-ept'nes), n. The quality of being 
inept; unfitness; awkwardness; ineptitude. 
The feeblenesse and miserable ineptneste of Infancy. 
Dr. H. More, Pre-existency of the Soul, Pref. 
inequable (in-e'kwa-bl or in-ek'wa-bl), a. [< 
iii-3 + equable.'] Not equable ; not uniform ; 
changeable ; fitful : as, an inequable climate or 
temper. 
Lnequal (in-e'kwal), a. [< ME. inequttl, < OF. 
inequal, P. inegal = Sp. inigital = It. ineguale, 
inuguale, inequale, < L. imrqiinlin, not equal, un- 
even. < in- priv. + mqualis, equal : see equal.] 
It. Unequal; unjust. 
Welcome all toils the inegual fates decree, 
While tolls endear thy faithful charge to thee. 
Shenstone, Judgment of Hercules. 
Such a divulsion may be made in glass by but an inegual 
motion between the neighbouring parts. 
Boyle, Works, I. 469. 
2. In entom., covered with irregular elevations 
and depressions: said of a surface inequal 
hour, annum- formed by dividing the day (from sunrise to 
sunset) and the night (from sunset to sunrise) into twelve 
parts each. 
inequalitarian (in-e-kwol-i-ta'ri-an), n. [< in- 
equality + -drian.] A believer in inequality ; 
one who upholds the principle of social or po- 
litical inequality. [Rare.] 
In practice they [the English people] are what I may 
call determined inrqualitariant. 
Oladttone, N. A. Her., CXXVIL 204. 
inequality (in-e-kwol'i-ti), n. ; pi. inequalities 
(-tiz). [= OF.'tii<-(/wa/i<, F. inegaliti = Sp. ii- 
igualdad = It. inci/nnliti'i, < L. inH'</ualita(t-)g, 
liuequalness, unevenuess, < iiia-qualiy, unequal: 
Inequitate 
see inft/ual.] 1. Lack of equality in character 
or attributes ; unlikeness between things of the 
same kind; diversity; disparity: as, inequality m 
size, numbers, etc. ; the inequality of the fingers. 
Though human souls are Mid to be equal, yet Is there 
no small inequality in their operations. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., 1IL 14. 
2. Lack of equality in the state or condition 
of a person or thing ; want of uniformity of re- 
lation, level, surface, etc.; variation or variable- 
ness; unevenness: as, inequalities of temper; 
inequalities of rank or fortune ; inequalities of 
the earth's surface. 
An infinite variety of inrqualilia and shadowing!, that 
naturally arise from an agreeable mixture of hills, grove*, 
and valleys. Addiiun, Remarks on Italy (cd. Bonn), L 488. 
Inequality of condition IB ... indispensable to pro- 
gress. Calhoun, Works, I. 56. 
The inequality . . . dealred by the artist and the man 
of science is an inequality In fame ; that desired by the 
productive laborer is an inequality in riches. 
W. H. Malloek, Social Equality, p. 121. 
3. Injustice; partiality. 
We sometimes find men complaining of ineffttalitit.* In 
events, which were indeed the effects of a molt equal 
providence. Warburton, Divine Legation, v. | 4. 
4. In outran., the deviation in the motion of a 
planet or satellite from its uniform mean mo- 
tion. 6. In alg., an expression of two unequal 
quantities connected by either of the signs of 
inequality > or <; thus, o> 6, signifying that 
" is greater than b, and a < 6, signifying that 
is less than 6, are inequalities. Diurnal Inequal- 
ity. See diurnal. First Inequality* (inoequalitas tolu- 
to), that inequality in the motion of a planet or of the moon 
which Is irrespective of its angular distance from the sun. 
In the case of a planet It is corrected by the equation 
of the argument, In that of the moon by the equation 
of the orbit (see both, under equation). Second ine- 
qualityt (incequalitax aUigata\ that inequality in the mo- 
tion of a planet or of the moon which depends upon its an- 
gular distance from the sun, and disappears at oppositions 
and conjunctions. In the case of the moon it is the evec- 
tion (which see). Third Inequality t of the motion of the 
moon, the variation (which see). Fourth Inequality* 
of the motion of the moon, an inequality discovered by 
Tycho Brahe, consisting in a quicker motion of the moon 
while the stm is in perigee than while he is in apogee. 
Its greatest effect upon the longitude is about 1 _'. 
inequation (in-e-kwa'shon or -zhon), n. [< in- 3 
+ equation.] In math., an inequality. See in- 
equality, 5. 
inequidistant (in-e-kwi-dis'tant), . [< in- 3 + 
equidistant.] Not equidistant ; not equally dis- 
tant. 
inequilateral (in-e-kwi-lat'e-ral), a. [< in- 3 + 
equilateral.] 1. Not equilateral; having un- 
equal sides: as, an inequilateral triangle. 2. 
In conch., specifically, having the anterior and 
posterior ends of each valve, as divided by an 
imaginary vertical line from the umbones, un- 
equal. All true or lamellibranch bivalves are more or 
less inequilateral, while the brachiopods, with very few 
exceptions, are equilateral. Those lamelllbranchs which 
are least inequilateral, as for example the Lucinidcr, are 
described as subequilateraL See inefjuiralue. 
3. In Foraminifera, not having the convolu- 
tions of the shell in the same plane, but ob- 
liquely wound around an axis. 4. In bnt., un- 
symmetrical from the greater development of 
one side, as the leaves of Begonia, the elm, etc. 
in equilibrio (in e-kwi-lib'ri-o). See equilib- 
rium, 1. 
inequilobate (in-e-kwi-16'bat), a. [< L. in- priv. 
+ aquus, equal, + NL. lobux, lobe: see lobate. 
Cf. emtilobed.] Unequally lobed; having un- 
equal lobes. 
inequipotential (in-e'kwi-po-ten'shal), a. [< 
in- 3 + equipotential.] In a condition of unequal 
stresses ; potentially unstable. 
inequipotentiality ( in -e ' k wi - po - ten - shi - al ' i- 
ti), . [< ineqitipotential + -ity. ] A condition 
of potential instability, as that of a glacier. 
inequitable (in-ek'wi-ta-bl), a. [< in-3 + 
equitable.] Not equitable; not according to 
the principles of equity; unjust. 
Nor when they were in partnership with the farmer, as 
often was the case, have I heard that they bad taken the 
lion's share. The proportions seemed not inequitable. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
Inequitable government can be upheld only by the aid 
of a people correspondingly inequitable in its sentiment* 
and act*. //. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 398. 
inequitably (in-ek'wi-ta-bli), adv. In an in- 
equitable manner ; unjustly; unfairly. 
Conditions which if passed into law would, it Is con- 
tended, press inequitably upon employers. 
The Engineer, LXV. 80S. 
inequitatet (in-ek'wi-tat), r. t. [< L. inequita- 
tux, pp. of incquitare, ride upon or over, < in, 
on, 4- equitare, ride: see equitation.] To ride 
on ; ride over or through. Sir T. More. 
