innovation 
2. A novel change in practice or method ; some- 
thing new introduced into established arrange- 
ments of any kind; an unwonted or experi- 
mental variation. 
There can hardly be discovered any radical or funda- 
mental alterations and innovations in nature. 
Baton, Advancement of Learning, ii. 173. 
Private property, though an innovation, may still be a 
wholesome innovation. But an innovation it certainly is ; 
the property of the tribe is older than the property of the 
individual. E. A. freeman, Amer. Lecte, p. 284. 
3. In Scots law, the exchange, with the credi- 
tor's consent, of one obligation for another, so 
as to make the second obligation come in the 
place of the first, and be the only subsisting ob- 
ligation against the debtor, both the original 
obligants remaining the same. Also called 
novation. 4. In lot,, a newly formed shoot or 
extension of the stem : used especially with ref- 
erence to the mosses, in which the new shoot 
becomes independent by the dying off behind 
of the parent axis. 
innovationist (in-o-va'shon-ist), . [< innova- 
tion + -ist.] One who favors or practises in- 
novation; a believer in or advocate of experi- 
mental change. 
innovative (in'o-va-tiv), a. [< innovate + 
-ive.] Tending to tiring in something new; 
introducing or tending to introduce innova- 
tions ; characterized by innovations. 
Some writers are, as to manner and diction, conserva- 
tive, while others are innovative. 
F. Sail, Mod. Eng., p. 27. 
innovator (in'o-va-tor), n. [= F. innovateur 
= Sp. Pg. innovador = It. innovatore, < L. as if 
"innovator, < innovare, renew : see innovate.'] 
One who innovates ; an introducer of changes. 
Myself 
Attach thee as a traitorous innovator, 
A foe to the public weal. Shak., Cor., iii. 1. 
innoxious (i-nok'shus), a. [= Pg. innoxio, < L. 
innoxius, harmless, < in- priv. + noxius, harm- 
ful: see noxious. Cf. innocuous."] Not noxious 
or harmful ; doing no harm ; innocuous : as, an 
innoxious drug. 
Thrice happy race ! that, innocent of blood, 
From milk, innoxious, seek their simple food. 
Pope, Iliad, xiii. 12. 
innoxiously (i-nok'shus-li), adv. In an innox- 
ious manner ; harmlessly. 
innoxioiisness (i-nok'shus-nes), w. The state 
or quality of being innoxious ; harmlessness. 
innuatet, r. t. [Irreg. < L. innuere, nod to, in- 
timate (see inmtent), + -ate 2 .] To intimate; 
signify; insinuate. 
As if Agamemnon would innuate that, as this sow (be- 
ing spayed)is free from Venus, so had he never attempted 
the dishonour of Briseis. Chapman, Iliad, xix., Comment. 
innubilous (i-nu'bi-lus), a. [< L. innubilus, un- 
clouded, < in- priv. + nubila, a cloud.] Free 
from clouds; clear. Blount. [Rare.] 
in mice (in nu'se). [L. : in, in; mice, abl. of 
nux, nut.] In a nutshell. 
innuendo (in-u-en'do). [L., abl. ger. of innu- 
ere, give a nod or sign, intimate, hint: see in- 
nnent.] 1. [L.] Intimating; insinuating; sig- 
nifying: a word used at the beginning of an ex- 
planatory parenthetical clause in Latin (Middle 
Latin), and still occasionally in English, plead- 
ings, introducing the person or thing meant : as, 
lie (innuendo the plaintiff) did so and so. 2. n.; 
pi. innuendos or innuendoes (-doz). An oblique 
hint ; an indirect intimation about a person or 
thing; an allusive or inferential suggestion: 
commonly used in a bad sense, but sometimes 
in an innocent one. Also, erroneously, inuendo. 
Pursue your trade of scandal picking, . . . 
Your innuendoes, when you tell us 
That Stella loves to talk with fellows. 
Swi/J, Stella's Birthday. 
What is the universal sense of want and ignorance, but 
the fine innuendo by which the soul makes its enormous 
claim? Emerson, The Over-Soul. 
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that 
as the sore palate flndeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness 
heareth innuendoes. George MKot, Middleman*, I. 327. 
=Syn. See hinti, v. t. (end of comparison). 
innuentt (in'u-ent), a. [< L. innuen(t-)s, ppr. 
of innuere, give a nod, nod, intimate by a nod 
or sign, hint, < in, in, to. + *nmrc, = Gr. verem, 
nod : see nod. ] Conveying a hint ; insinuating ; 
significant. 
Innuit (in'u-it), n. [Eskimo, lit. the people.] 
The native name of the Eskimos. 
The Eskimo do not speak of themselves by the name so 
commonly given them by foreigners, bnt simply and 
proudly as Innuit, that is 'the people,' as though they 
were the only people on the face of the earth. 
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innumerability (i-nu"me-ra-biri-ti), . [= 
Sp. innmneralii/idad = Pg. innumerabilidade = 
It. innumerabilita : as innumerable + -ity.~] The 
state of being innumerable. 
innumerable (i-nu'me-ra-bl), n. [< ME. innu- 
merable, < OF. innumerable, also innombrablc, 
F. innombrable = Sp. innumerable = Pg. inni<- 
meravel = It. innumerabile, < L. innunierabilis, 
that cannot be numbered, < in- priv. + ntime- 
rabilis, that can be numbered: see numerable.] 
1. That cannot be counted ; incapable of being 
enumerated or numbered for multitude ; count- 
less ; hence, indefinitely, very numerous. 
Beholdyng them with countenaunce right stabill, 
Hym semyd they were pepill innumerable. 
Oenerydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1988. 
Ye cedars, with innumerable boughs 
Hide me, where I may never see them more ! 
Milton, P. L., ix. 1089. 
2. Not measurable by rhythmical numbers; 
unmusical; tuneless. [Rare.] 
The grasshoppers spin into mine ear 
A small innumerable sound. 
A. Lampman, quoted in Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 822. 
=Syn. 1. t'nnumbered, numberless, myriad. 
innumerably (i-nu'me-ra-bli), adv. Without 
mimber ; in numbers so great as to be beyond 
counting. 
innumerous (i-nu'me-rus), a. [= Sp. innumero 
= Pg. It. inmimero, ^L. innumerus, numberless, 
countless, < in- priv. + numerus, number : see 
number. Cf. numerous.'] Without number; num- 
berless; innumerable. [Poetical.] 
In this close dungeon of innumerous boughs. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 849. 
As in a poplar grove when a light wind wakes 
A lisping of the innumerous leaf and dies. 
Tennyson, Princess, v. 
innutrition (in-u-trish'on), n. [< in-S + nutri- 
tion.'] Lack of nutrition; failure of nourish- 
ment. 
Innutrition will afterwards cause prostration or paraly- 
sis. H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., 26. 
innutritions (in-u-trish'us), a. [< in- 3 + nutri- 
tious.'] Not nutritious ; deficient in nourishing 
qualities; supplying little or no nourishment. 
The innutrition* residuum is eventually cast out by the 
way it entered. Huxley and Martin, Elem. Biology, p. oe. 
innutritiye (i-nu'tri-tiv), a. [< in-3 + nutritive.] 
Not nutritive or nourishing; supplying little 
or no nutriment. 
Ino (I'no), w. [L., < Gr. 'Iva, a sea-goddess, 
daughter of Cadmus and Hermione, also called 
Leucotliea .] 1. A genus of crustaceans. Oken, 
1815. 2. A genus of lepidopterous insects, of 
the family ZygamiHtr, or hawk-moths. See Pro- 
cm. W. E. Leach, 1819. 3. A genus of cole- 
opterous insects. Laporte, 1835. 4. A genus 
of mollusks. Hinds, 1843. 
-ino. [Sp. Pg. It. -ino, ID.., < L. -inus, m., -inum, 
neut.: see-inl,-il.] The Spanish, Portuguese, 
and Italian form of the suffix -il, -inel, occur- 
ring in some nouns more or less current in Eng- 
lish, as in albino, bambino, casino, merino, etc. 
inobediencet (in-o-be'di-ens). . [< ME. inobe- 
dience, < OF. inobedience = Sp. Pg. inobediencia 
= It. inobbedienzia, < LL. inobaidientia, inobau- 
dientia,< inobo3dien(t-)s, not obedient : see inobe- 
dient.] Disobedience; neglect of obedience. 
I hadde in custom to come to scole late ; . . . 
Wex obstynat by inobedience. 
Quoted Iii Babees Book (E. E. T. S.\ Pref., p. xliv. 
Ther is inobeditnce, avanntynge, ypocrisie, despit, arro- 
gance, impudence, etc. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
inobedientt (in-o-be'di-ent), a. [< ME. inobe- 
dient, < OF. inobedient = Sp. Pg. inobediente = 
It. inobediente, inobbediente, < LL. inobcedien(t-)s, 
not obedient, ppr. of inobaidire, not to obey, < 
"L.in- priv.+ oboedire, obey: see obedient.] iiis- 
obedieut. 
In-obedient to holy churche and to hem that ther seruen. 
Piers Plourman <C\ vil. 19. 
Inobedient is he that disobeyeth for despit to the co- 
mandementz of God and to hise sovereyns and to his 
goostly fader. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
inobedientlyt (in-o-be'di-ent-li), adv. In a dis- 
obedient manner ; disobediently. 
Whom I have obstinately and inobediently offended. 
Bp. Bumet, Hist. Reformation, an. 1536. 
inobeisancet, [ME. inobeishaxnce,< OF. ino- 
beissance, disobedience; as /w- 3 + obeisance.] 
Disobedience. Wyclif. 
inobeisantt, a. [ME. AtoMMWt < OF. inobeis- 
sant, disobedient; as in- s + obeisant.] Dis- 
obedient. Wyclif. 
inobservable (in-ob-z6r'va-bl), a. [< in-3 + 
observable.] Incapable of being directly ob- 
served even with the aid of instruments. " 
inoculate 
inobservance (in-ob-zer'vans), n. [= F. inob- 
Hfmiiiff = Sp. Pg. inobserrancia, < L. inobser- 
vantia, inattention, < (lAj.) inobservan(t-)s, inat- 
tentive: see inobservant.] Lack of observance ; 
neglect of observing; non observance. 
Breach and inobservant? of certain wholesome and pol- 
itic laws for government. Bacon, The Judicial charge. 
Infidelity doth commonly proceed from negligence, or 
drowsy inobscrrance and carelessness. Barrou;The Creed, 
inobservancy (in-ob-zer'van-si), w. The act or 
habit of nonobservance ; inobservance. 
This unpreparedness and inobsrrvancy of mind. 
Hodgfim, quoted in Pop. Mci. Mo., XXXIV. 727, note. 
inobservant (in-qb-zer'vant), a. [= Sp. Pg. 
inobserrante, < LL. iobservan(t-)s, inattentive, 
unobserving, < L. in- priv. + obserran(t-)s, at- 
tentive: see observant.] Not taking notice; not 
quick or keen in observation ; unobservant. 
If they are petulant or unjust, he, perhaps, has been 
inobservant or imprudent. Bp. Hurd, Works, VI. xxiii. 
inobservation (in-ob-zer-va'shon), n. [= F. 
iuobservation ; as in- 3 + obserraiion.] Neglect 
or lack of observation. [Rare.] 
These writers are in all this guilty of the most shame- 
ful inobservation. Shudtford, The Creation, p. 118. 
inobtrusive (in-ob-trb"siv), a. [< in-3 + ob- 
trusive.] Unobtrusive. 
inobtrusively (in-ob-tro'siv-li), adv. Unob- 
trusively. 
inobtrusiveness (in-ob-tro'siv-nes), . Unob- 
trusiveness. 
Inocarpese (i-no-kar'pe-e), n. pi. [NL. (Rei- 
chenbach, 1841), < Inocarjmx + -ea 1 .] A section 
of plants of the natural order Leguminosa;, in- 
cluding the genus Inocarpus. This arrangement 
is no longer accepted, the genus Inocarpus be- 
ing referred to the tribe Dalberaiea'. 
inocarpin (I-no-kar'pin), n. [< NL. Inoearpus, 
< Gr. <f ('"-), a fiber, nerve, lit. strength, forco 
(orig. *f'r, = L. vis (vir-), force: see rim), + 
napirof, fruit.] A red coloring matter con- 
tained in the juice of Inocarpus edulis, a tree 
growing in Tahiti. 
Inocarpus (I-no-kar'pus), n. [NL. (Forster, 
1776), < Gr. <f (iv-), a fiber (see tmotP), + /tapjrof. 
a fruit, in allusion to the fibrous envelops.] 
A small genus of plants of the natural order 
Leguminosa', tribe Dalbergiea;, type of the old 
section Inocarpcce. They are large unarmed trees, 
with unifoliate coriaceous leaves and yellow flowers in ax- 
illary spikes. Only three species are known, natives of the 
Pacific islands and the Indian archipelago. I. edulis, the 
Fiji chestnut, which is a large tree, furnishes seeds that are 
much prized as food by the natives of the Indian archi- 
pelago. When roasted they taste not unlike chestnuts. 
The juice yields the red coloring matter inocarpin. 
inoccupation (in-ok-u-pa'shon), w. [= F. in- 
occupation; as in-3 4- occupation.] Lack of 
occupation. Sydney Smith. 
Inoceramus (i-no-ser'a-mus), ; 
fiber, + Kfpa^of , a tile, shell : 
see ceramic.] A genus of fos- 
sil bivalve mollusks of the 
family Avicitlida>, character- 
istic of the Cretaceous pe- 
riod. The genus was founded by 
Sowerby. The shell has a long 
straight hinge furnished with nu- 
merous ligamentary pits, and the 
form is oval or oblong with prom- 
inent umbones. The internal layer 
of the shell is nacreous and the ex- 
ternal thick, prismatic, and fibrous. 
Numerous species are described. /-,, s ,,i eat u, 
inpculability (in-ok"u-la- 
bil'i-ti), . [= F. inoculabtlite ; as inocitlable 
+ -ity,] The character or state of being in- 
oculablo. 
The inoculability of tubercle. 
Auxtin Flint, Pract. of Medicine, p. 41. 
inoculable (in-ok'u-la-bl), a. [< inocul(ate) + 
-able.] Capable of being inoculated, as a per- 
son, or of being communicated by inoculation, 
as a disease. 
inocular (in-ok'u-lar), a. [< L. in, in, + ocu- 
lus, eye: see ocular.] In entom., within the 
compound eyes: said of the antenna? of insects 
when they are inserted in notches in the inner 
margins of the eyes, which partly surround their 
bases, as in many Cerambycida > . 
inoculate (in-ok'u-lat),. t. ; pret. and pp. inocu- 
lated, ppr. inoculating. [< ME. inoculate, < L. 
inoculatua, pp. of inoculurc, ingraft an eye or 
bud of one plant into (another), implant, < in, 
in, + oculns, an eye: see ocular. Cf. hmcii/i' 
and ineye.] 1. To graft by budding; insert a 
bud or germ in, as a tree or plant, for propaga- 
tion. 
In Aprill flgtreen inoculate 
May best be there as drie landes be. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 127. 
[< Gr. if (iv-), a 
