Part 5660

<hw>In`a*ni`ti*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inanition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Inanition</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In`a*ni"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>inanition</ets>, L. <ets>inanitio</ets> emptiness, fr. <ets>inanire</ets> to empty, fr. <ets>inanis</ets> empty. Cf. <er>Inane</er>.]</ety> <def>The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.</def>

<blockquote>Feeble from <b>inanition</b>, inert from weariness. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Repletion and <b>inanition</b> may both do harm in two contrary extremes. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inanity</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In*an"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Inanities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>inanitas</ets>, fr. <ets>inanis</ets> empty: cf. F. <ets>inanit\'82</ets>. See <er>Inane</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in <pluf>pl.</pluf>; <as>as, the <ex>inanities</ex> of the world</as>.</def>

<h1>Inantherate</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In*an"ther*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.</def>

<h1>In antis</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In an"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Between ant\'91; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two ant\'91, forming the angles of the building. See <er>Anta</er>.</def>

<h1>Inapathy</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In*ap"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to <i>apathy</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Inappealable</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In`ap*peal"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not admitting of appeal; not appealable.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Inappeasable</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In`ap*peas"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.</def>

<h1>Inappellability</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In`ap*pel`la*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being inappellable; finality.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inappellability</b> of the councils. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inappellable</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw>In`ap*pel"la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inappealable; final.</def>

<h1>Inappetence, Inappetency</h1> <Xpage=741>

<hw><hw>In*ap"pe*tence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*ap"pe*ten*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>appetence</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inapp\'82tence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of appetency; want of desire.</def>