Part 5858

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Inholder</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hold"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Inhoop</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hoop"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Inhospitable</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hos"pi*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>hospitable</ets>: cf. L. <ets>inhospitalis</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; <as>as, an <ex>inhospitable</ex> person or people</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your <b>inhospitable</b> door? <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.</def> "<i>Inhospitable</i> wastes."

<i>Blair.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In*hos"pi*ta*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inhospitality</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhospitalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inhospitalit\'82</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Hospitality</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Inhuman</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hu"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhumanus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inhumain</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Human</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; <as>as, an <ex>inhuman</ex> person or people</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; <as>as, an <ex>inhuman</ex> act or punishment</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.</syn>

<h1>Inhumanity</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In`hu*man"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Inhumanities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>inhumanitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inhumanit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.</def>

<blockquote>Man's <b>inhumanity</b> to man Makes countless thousands mourn. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inhumanly</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hu"man*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.</def>

<h1>Inhumate</h1> <Xpage=764>