Part 5881

<hw>In*o"di*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>odium</ets> hatred.]</ety> <def>To make odious or hateful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Inodorate</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In*o"dor*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inodorous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Inodorous</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In*o"dor*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inodorus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Odorous</er>.]</ety> <def>Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*o"dor*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inoffensive</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In"of*fen"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>offensiue</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inoffensif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; <as>as, an <ex>inoffensive</ex> man, answer, appearance</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and <b>inoffensive</b> tide. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In"of*fen"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>In"of*fen"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Inofficial</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In"of*fi"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; <as>as, <ex>inofficial</ex> intelligence</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Pinckney and Marshall would not make <b>inofficial</b> visits to discuss official business. <i>Pickering.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Private; informal; unwarranted; unauthorizod; irregular; unceremonious; unprofessional.</syn>

<h1>Inofficially</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In`of*fi"cial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.</def>

<h1>Inofficious</h1> <Xpage=767>

<hw>In`of*fi"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inofficiosus</ets>: cf. F.<ets>inofficieux</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Officious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Indifferent to obligation or duty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou drown'st thyself in <b>inofficious</b> sleep. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not officious; not civil or attentive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jonhson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.</def> "The <i>inofficious</i> testament." <i>Blackstone</i>. "An inofficious disposition of his fortune." <i>Paley</i>.

<h1>Inofficiously</h1> <Xpage=767>