Part 5788

<hw>In*e"lo*quent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without eloquence.</def>

<h1>Ineluctable</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*luc"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ineluctabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>eluctabilis</ets> to be surmounted, fr. <ets>eluctari</ets> to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. <ets>in\'82luctable</ets>. See <er>Eluctate</er>.]</ety> <def>Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.</def>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>ineluctable</b> conditions of matter. <i>Hamerton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineludible</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*lud"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.</def>

<blockquote>Most pressing reasons and <b>ineludible</b> demonstrations. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inembryonate</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*em"bry*o*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Not embryonate.</def>

<h1>Inernarrable</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`er*nar"ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inenarrabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>enarrabilis</ets> that may be related; fr. <ets>enarrare</ets> to relate: cf. F. <ets>in\'82narrable</ets>. See <er>Enarration</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Inenarrable</i> goodness."

<i>Bp. Fisher.</i>

<h1>Inept</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*ept"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ineptus</ets>; prefix. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>aptus</ets> apt, fit: cf. F. <ets>inepte</ets>. Cf. <er>Inapt</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.</def>

<blockquote>The Aristotelian philosophy is <b>inept</b> for new discoveries. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.</def>

<blockquote>To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly <b>inept</b>. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineptitude</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*ept"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ineptitudo</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.</def>

<blockquote>That <b>ineptitude</b> for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.</def>

<h1>Ineptly</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*ept"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.</def>

<blockquote>None of them are made foolishly or <b>ineptly</b>. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineptness</h1> <Xpage=756>