Inarticulate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inarticulate \In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
     not + articulatus articulate.]
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     1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
        distinctness, as speech or words.
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              Music which is inarticulate poesy.    --Dryden.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body
            segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
        (b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order ({Inarticulata}
            or {Ecardines}) of brachiopods.
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     3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
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              The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
                                                    --Walpole.
  
     4. Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inarticulate
       adj : without or deprived of the use of speech or words;
             "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate
             and saying something noncommital"; "inarticulate with
             rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: {unarticulate}]
             [ant: {articulate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "inarticulate":
     Greek to one, ambiguous, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, bashful,
     beyond understanding, blurred, breathless, breathy, choked,
     choking, confused, conscious, coy, croaking, demure, digressive,
     discursive, disjointed, drawling, drawly, dumb, dumbfounded,
     dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dysphonic, faltering, garbled, guttural,
     halting, harsh, hawking, hesitating, hoarse, illogical,
     impenetrable, implicit, implied, incognizable, incoherent,
     incomprehensible, indistinct, inferred, inscrutable, irrational,
     jumbled, lisping, maundering, mispronounced, mixed-up, mousy,
     muddled, muffled, mum, mumbled, mumbling, mute, muzzy, nasal,
     numinous, past comprehension, quavering, rambling, scrambled,
     self-conscious, shaking, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, shy, silent,
     skittish, snuffling, speechless, stammering, stifled, strangled,
     stricken dumb, thick, throaty, timid, timorous, tongue-tied,
     tongueless, tremulous, twangy, unclear, unconnected, undeclared,
     unexpressed, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unsaid,
     unsearchable, unspoken, unuttered, velar, voiceless, wild,
     wordless