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English
Etymology
From Latin inarticulatus and from in- + articulate.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inarticulate (comparative more inarticulate, superlative most inarticulate)
- (of speech) not articulated in normal words.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume III, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 274:Major Johnstone strove to speak, but the words died in an inarticulate gurgle low in his throat; and Evelyn had only time to start from his knee, and save the dying man from falling to the earth.
- speechless
- unable to speak with any clarity
- (biology) not having joints or other articulations
Translations
not articulated in normal words
unable to speak with clarity
not having joints or other articulations
Noun
inarticulate (plural inarticulates)
- (zoology) An animal belonging to the subphylum Inarticulata.