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<hw>In*nu"bi*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innubilus</ets>. See <er>Nubilous</er>.]</ety> <def>Cloudless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Innuendo</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In`nu*en"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Innuedoes</plw>(<?/)</plu>. <ety>[L., by intimation, by hinting, gerund of <ets>innuere</ets>, <ets>innutum</ets>, to give a nod, to intimate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in, to + -<ets>nuere</ets> (in comp.) to nod. See <er>Nutation</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.</def>

<blockquote>Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an <b>innuendo</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Pursue your trade of scandal picking; Your <b>innuendoes</b>, when you tell us, That Stella loves to talk with fellows. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (<i>innuendo</i> the plaintiff) was a thief.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<note>&hand; The term is so applied from having been the introductory word of this averment or parenthetic explanation when pleadings were in Latin. The word "meaning" is used as its equivalent in modern forms.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Insinuation; suggestion; hint; intimation; reference; allusion; implication; representation; -- <er>Innuendo</er>, <er>Insinuation</er>.</syn> <usage> An <i>innuendo</i> is an equivocal allusion so framed as to point distinctly at something which is injurious to the character or reputation of the person referred to. An <i>insinuation</i> turns on no such double use of language, but consists in artfully <i>winding</i> into the mind imputations of an injurious nature without making any direct charge.</usage>

<h1>Innuent</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"nu*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>innuens</ets>, p.pr.]</ety> <def>Conveying a hint; significant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Innuit</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In"nu*it</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An Eskimo.</def>

<h1>Innumerability</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innumerabilitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>State of being innumerable.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Innumerable</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nu`mer*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innumerabilis</ets> : cf.F. <ets>innumefable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Numerable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.</def>

<blockquote><b>Innumerable</b> as the stars of night. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In*nu"mer*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Innumerous</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*nu"mer*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>innumerosus</ets>, <ets>innumerus</ets>. See <er>Numerous</er>.]</ety> <def>Innumerable.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Innutrition</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In`nu*tri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.</def>

<i>E. Darwin.</i>