inoculate 
Virtue cannot so inoculati' our old stock hut we shall 
relish of it. .SVi.i*-., llumlut, ill. 1, 11H. 
Hence 2. To introduce a foreign germ or ele- 
ment into ; specifically, to impregnate with dis- 
ease by the insertion of virus; treat by inocula- 
tion for the purpose of protecting from a more 
malignant form of the disease : as, to inociilnii 
a person for the smallpox: often used figura- 
tively. 
inoculation (in-ok-u-la'shon), . [< ME. inocii- 
l/icion F. inoculation = Sp. iiiocn/ncion = Pg. 
an inoculating, ingrafting, < L. inoculare, pp. in- 
ocitltttua, ingraft, implant: see inoculate.] 1. 
The act or practice of grafting by budding. 
Nu < hare I mado inocvlacion 
Of pert and appultree ; the experience 
Hath preved wel. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S,\ p. 165. 
Fruit cornea slowly from the kernel, but goon by inoeu- 
laliim or incision. Bacon, Physical Fables, IT., Expl. 
Hence 2. The ingrafting of any minute germ 
in a soil where it will grow; especially, the act 
or practice of communicating disease by intro- 
ducing through puncture infectious matter into 
the tissues; the introduction of a specific ani- 
mal poison into the tissues by puncture or 
through contact with a wounded surface; spe- 
cifically, in mcd., the direct insertion of the 
virus of smallpox in order, by the production 
of a mitigated form of it, to prevent a more 
severe attack of the disease in the natural way. 
The operation was introduced into Europe from the East 
by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and was first performed 
in London in 1721. It was superseded about 1SUO by the 
milder and more successful practice of inoculating with 
vaccine virus. See vaccination. Inoculation Of grass- 
lands, in ayri., a process for securing a luxuriant growth 
of grass, consisting in preparing the soil as if it were to 
be seeded down with grass-seed, but covering it first with 
small fragments of turf taken from the best old pasture- 
land, after which grass-seed mixed with clover in the or- 
dinary way is scattered over the surface, and the field Is 
rolled to press down the pieces of sod and press in the 
seed. 
inoculative (in-ok'u-la-tiv), a. [< inoculate + 
-ive.] Pertaining or relating to inoculation ; 
inoculatory. 
Cultivation of spores of molds, etc., Is ... found to 
cause a depreciation of their inoculative efficacy. 
Pup. Sci. Mo., XX. 426. 
The few inoculative experiments that have been made 
upon monkeys have been unsuccessfuL Science, XI. 140. 
inoculator (in-ok'u-la-tor), n. [= F. inocula- 
triir = Sp. Pg. inocnlador, < L. inoculator, an 
ingrafter, < inocitlarc, ingraft: see inoculate.] 
A person who or a thing which inoculates; 
one who or that which propagates by inocula- 
tion. 
Holy relics ... are inoculators of all manner of con- 
tagious diseases. Sir S. W. Baker, Heart of Africa, p. 52. 
inoculet, r. t. [ME. inoculen, < OF. (and F.) 
inoculcr = Sp. Pg. inocular = It. inocchiare, in- 
ocnlnrr, < L. inoculare, ingraft: see inoculate.] 
Same as inoculate. 1. I'alladius. 
inodiatet (in-6'di-at), r. /. [< ML. "inodiatus, 
pp. of 'inodiare, > It. inodiare, innodiare (rare), 
bring into hatred, make hateful, annoy, < L. I'M, 
in, + odium, hate : see odium. Cf. annoy, ult. 
< ML. 'inodiare.] To make hateful. 
God intends, in the calamities which he indicts upon a 
pardoned person, partly to give the world fresh demon- 
strations of his hatred of sin, and partly to intniiate and 
imbitter sin to the chastised sinner. South, Works, VI. vi. 
inodoratet (in-6'do-rat), . [< Hi- 3 + odorate.] 
Inodorous. 
Whites are more inodorate (for the most part) than flow- 
ers of the same kind coloured. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 507. 
inodorous (in-6'do-rus), a. [= F. inodore = Sp. 
inMuro = Pg. It. inotloro, < L. inodomg, with- 
out smell, < in- priv. + odor, smell: see odor, 
odorous.] Destitute of odor; having no scent 
or smell. 
The white of an egg is a viscous . . . inodoroux liquor. 
Arbuthnot, Aliments, 
inodorqusness (in-p'do-rus-nes), . The state 
or quality of being inodorous ; absence of odor, 
inoffensive (in-o-feu'siv). n. [= F. ino/cnsif= 
Sp. initfcnsiro I'g. iiioflcn.iiro : as i'- :i + ojfen- 
xiri'.] Not offensive; giving no offense; doing 
no harm; 7iot causing disturbance or uneasi- 
ness; free from anything of a displeasing or 
Disturbing nature: as. an inoffi-ii.iin- animal: 
iHojffnxii'e remarks. 
For drink the grape 
She crushes, inoffrwrive must, and meaths 
From many a berry. Milton, V. L., v. 345 
Tillotson, the most popular preacher of that age, and in 
manners the most ino/ensirc of men. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
3109 
inoffensively (in-o-fen'siv-li), adv. In an in- 
offensive manner; without giving offense; in a 
manner not to offend, disturb, or displease. 
inoffensiyeness (in-o-fen'siv-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being inoffensive ; harmlessness. 
inofficial (in-o-fish'al), . [= F. inofficiel ; as 
i- 3 + official.] Not official ; destitute of offi- 
cial character or authority; unofficial: as, '- 
official intelligence. 
It raUed him into a new moral power In the state ; an 
inofficial dictator of principle. Everett, Orations, I. 615. 
inofficially (in-o-fish'al-i), adv. In an inofficial 
manner ; wi thout official character or authority. 
inofficious (in-o-fish'us), a. [= F. inofficieux = 
Sp. inoficioso = Pg. inofficioso = It. inofficioso, 
inoffi^ioso, < ML. inofficiosus, contrary to duty, 
harmful, < L. I'M- priv. + officiosus, dutiful, of- 
ficious: see officiouK.] Regardless of the ob- 
ligations incident to one's office or position; 
contrary or inattentive to duty. [Rare.] 
Up, thon tame river, wake ; 
And from thy liquid limbs this slumber shake ; 
Thou drown Bt thyself in imjficious sleep. 
Jl. Jonmn, K. James's Coronation Entertainment. 
Let not a father hope to excuse an inofficioui disposition 
of his fortune by alleging that "every man may do what he 
will with his own." Paley, Moral Philos,, III. 111. 9. 
Inofficious testament or will, a testament or will dis- 
posing of property contrary to the dictates of natural af- 
fection and to Just expectations. 
inogen (in'o-jen), n. [< Or. if (iv-). nerve, fiber, 
+ -yevlft, producing: see -gen.] A hypothetical 
complex substance which is assumed by certain 
physiologists to decompose in the muscular tis- 
sue during contraction, yielding carbonic acid 
and lactic acid and a nitrogenous body, and to 
be re-formed during repose. 
inogenic (in-o-jen'ik), a. Of or pertaining to 
inogen. 
inoilt, v. t. Same as enoil. Dories. 
If it [the oil] be wanting, that king is yet a perfect mon- 
arch notwithstanding, and God's anointed, as well as if he 
was inoiled. Strype, Cranmer, ii. 1. 
inomet. A Middle English past participle of vim. 
Inomycetes (i-no-ml-se'tez), n. pi. [NL. (Mar- 
tius, 1817), < Or. <f (iv-), a fiber, + pvia/f, pi. 
ftviarref, a mushroom.] A former division of 
hyphomycetous fungi. 
inoperable (in-op'e-ra-bl), a. [< in- 3 + opera- 
ble.] That cannot be operated on. [Rare.] 
The treatment of inoperable uterine cancer. 
Medical Xe.wi, XLVIII. 462. 
inoperationt (in-op-e-ra'shon), . [< LL. as if 
*inoperatio(ii-), < inopcrari, effect, produce, < L. 
', in, + operari, work, operate: see operate.] 
Agency; intimate influence; inworking. 
A true temper of a quiet and peaceable estate of the soul 
upon good grounds can never be attained without the in- 
niteration of that Holy Spirit from whom every good gift. 
and every perfect giving, proceedeth. 
Bp. Hall, Remedy of Discontentment, 2T>. 
inoperative (in-op'e-ra-tiv), a. [< i- 3 + ope- 
rative.] Not operative or operating; destitute 
of activity or of effect ; inert : as, laws rendered 
inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies. 
I do not want to issue a document that the whole world 
will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's 
bull against the comet ! Lincoln, In Raymond, p. 213. 
inopercular (in-o-per'ku-lar), a. [< in- 3 + oper- 
culnr.] Same as inoperculate. Kir R. Owen. 
Inoperculata (in-o-per-ku-la'tS), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of inoperculatus, without an opercu- 
lum: see inoperculate.] A division of Pulmo- 
nifera containing those univalves the shell of 
which has no operculum, such as snails. Most 
of these mollusks are inoperculate. as the families //'.'- 
cidir or snails, Limacida; or slugs, Limiurida or pond- 
snails, and others. In many species which hibernate. 
however, there is formed a temporary operculum called 
the epiphratjm. See Oprrcitlata. 
inoperculate (in-o-per'ku-lat), a. [< NL. ino- 
pcrculatus, < L. I'M- priv. + operculatus, cover- 
ed: see opereulate.] 1. Having no true oper- 
culum, as a snail; specifically, of or pertaining 
to the Inoperculata. 
The rest [of the Pulinoni/era] are inopercnlatr,am\ some- 
times shell-leas. P. Wovdirard, Molluscs (1875), p. 285. 
2. In bot., not provided with an operculum or 
lid. 
Also taOMmdor. inoperculated. 
inoperculated (in-o-per'ku-la-ted), a. Same as 
inorganic 
tun, not expected, < I'M- priv. + opinatiu, pp. of 
Un 
inopinablet (in-o-pi'na-bl), a. [< OF. ini>iii>iii- 
lilr Sp. iiiopiittih/i' =: \'g. iiiti/iiiiiircl == It. I'MO- 
jiiiiahili', < L. inopinabilis. not to be supposed, 
< I'M- priv. + opinabili.1. that is supposed, im- 
aginary, < optnari, suppose: see opine.] Not 
to be expected. La timer, Works, I. 476. 
inopinatet (in-op'i-nat), a. [= Sp. Pg. inopi 
iiinlii = It. iinipinato, innopinato, < L. inopina 
i, suppose, expect : see opine.] Unex- 
pected. 
Casuall and inoninate cases, as wounds, poysotu, burn- 
ings, plague*, ana other ]x>pular hanues. 
Time Storehoute, 760, 2. (Latlum.) 
inopportune (in-op-or-tun'), a. [= F. inoppor- 
tiin Sp. iiioportiiuo Pg. It. inoppitrtuno, < 
L. iniipportuiius, unsuitable, < in- priv. + /<- 
portunitx, suitable: see opportune.] Not op- 
portune; inconvenient; unseasonable ; unsuit- 
able; inappropriate; unfit. 
God at first makes all alike ; but an indisposed body, or 
an inopportune education, or evil customs superinduce va- 
riety and difference. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X I. 3112. 
= Syn. Untimely, ill-timed, malapropos. 
inopportunely (in-op-or-tun'li), adv. In an in- 
opportune manner; unseasonably; at an incon- 
venient time. 
inopportuneness (in-op-or-tun'nes), n. The 
character or quality of Deing inopportune. 
The inopportuneneti of the proposal at a time of for- 
eign war, when the rebellion, too. in Ireland was not com- 
pletely suppressed, was the main argument of Fox and 
his followers in opposition at Westminster. 
Quarterly Kev., CXLV. 523. 
inopportunity (in-op-or-tu'ni-ti), . [= F. 
inopportunitf = Sp. inoportunidad = It. inop- 
portunittl; as inopportune + -ity, after opportu- 
nity.] Lack of opportuneness; unseasonable- 
ness. [Rare.] 
The light. . . . hidden under the bushel of misappre- 
hension or inopportunity, flames forth at fitting moment. 
Aleut', Tablets, p. 14*1. 
inoppressive (in-o-pres'iv), a. [< iM- 3 + op- 
pressive.] Unoppressive ; not burdensome, 
inppulent (in-op'u-lent), . [< in-3 + opulent.] 
Not opulent; not wealthy; not affluent or rich, 
inorb (in-drb'), r. t. [< tn-2 + orb.] To form 
or constitute as an orb. 
Sceptred genius, aye inorbed, 
Culminating in her sphere. 
Emerson, Hermione. 
inordert, r. t. [< in- 2 + order.] To order; 
arrange. Hotrell. 
inordinacy (in-6r'di-na-si), M. [< inordina(te) 
+ -cy.] The state of being inordinate; a go- 
ing beyond prescribed order or proper bounds : 
disorderly excess; immoderateness: as, thetn- 
ordinacy of desire or other passion. 
'Tis, I say, great odds, but that we should be carried to 
inordinacy, and exceed the bounds the divine laws have 
set us. Qlanville, Pre-existence of Souls, 11. 
inordinancyt (in-6r'di-nan-8i), . Same as in- 
ordinncy. Davies. 
inordinate (in-6r'di-nat), a. [= OF. inordonc 
= Sp. inordenado = It. inordinato, < L. inordi- 
natiis, not arranged, disordered, irregular, < 
I'M- priv. + ordinatus, pp. of ordinare, arrange, 
order: see ordinate, order, v.] Beyond pre- 
scribed order or proper bounds; not adequate- 
ly limited or restrained; disorderly; exces- 
sive; immoderate: as, inordinate demands; in- 
ordinatc vanity: rarely applied to persons. 
Marcus Antonlus . . . was Indeed a voluptuous man. 
and inordinate. Bacon, Love (ed. 1887). 
Sir, this is from your wonted course at home : 
When did you there keep such inordinate hours? 
Go to bed late, start thrice, and call on me ? 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, II. 1. 
Much Incapacity to govern was revealed In this inordi- 
nate passion to administer. 
Motley, Dutch Republic. II. 513. 
Inordinate proportion, a statement of equality of ratios 
in which the order of statement of the terms is irregular, 
inordinately (in-or'di-nat-li), adr. In an in- 
ordinate manner; excessively; immoderately. 
The commons thought they had a right to the things 
that they inordinately sought to have. 
Latitner, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
inordinateness (in-6r'di-nat-nes), n. Inordi- 
imey: immoderateness; excess. Sp. Hall. 
inordinationt (in-dr-di-na'shon). . [= It. in- 
nrdin<i;ioiic, < LL. inordinatio(n-), disorder, ir- 
regularity, < L. inordinatus, disordered: see 
inordinate.] Irregularity ; deviation from rule 
or right ; inordinateness. 
Some things were made evil by a superinduced prohibi- 
tion, as eating one kind of fruit ; some things were evil 
by inordination. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), L, 10, Pref. 
inorganic (in-6r-gan'ik), a. [= F. inorganique 
= Sp. inorgdnico = Pg. It. inorganico; as in- 3 
+ organic?] 1. Not organic; not organized: 
specifically, not having that organization which 
characterizes living bodies. See organic and 
organism. 
The horizontal lines of surface decoration break In- 
juriously upon the vertical lines of the windows, and the 
forms of the highly ornamented gables are curiously in- 
inopina- C. S. Xorton, Church-bunding in Middle Ages, p. 229. 
