-- In*nox`ious*ly, adv. -- In*nox"ious*ness, n.
In*nu"bi*lous (?), a. [L. innubilus. See Nubilous.] Cloudless. [Obs.]
Blount.
In`nu*en"do (?), n.; pl. Innuedoes(&?;). [L., by intimation, by
hinting, gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate; pref.
in- in, to + -nuere (in comp.) to nod. See Nutation.] 1. An oblique
hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or
thing not named; an insinuation.
Mercury . . . owns it a marriage by an innuendo.
Dryden.
Pursue your trade of scandal picking; Your innuendoes, when you
tell us, That Stella loves to talk with fellows.
Swift.
2. (Law) 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 (innuendo the
plaintiff) was a thief. Wharton.
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.
Syn. -- Insinuation; suggestion; hint; intimation; reference; allusion;
implication; representation; -- Innuendo, Insinuation. An innuendo 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 insinuation turns on no such double use of language,
but consists in artfully winding into the mind imputations of an
injurious nature without making any direct charge.
In"nu*ent (?), a. [L. innuens, p. pr.] Conveying a hint; significant.
[Obs.] Burton.
In"nu*it, n. [Native name.] (Ethnol.) An Eskimo.
In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. innumerabilitas.] State of being
innumerable. Fotherby.
In*nu`mer*a*ble (?), a. [L. innumerabilis : cf. F. innumefable. See In-
not, and Numerable.] Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or
numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence,
indefinitely numerous; of great number.
Innumerable as the stars of night.
Milton.
-- In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*nu"mer*a*bly, adv.
In*nu"mer*ous (?), a. [L. innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous.]
Innumerable. [Archaic] Milton.
In`nu*tri"tion (?), n. Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E.
Darwin.
In`nu*tri"tious (?), a. Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
In*nu"tri*tive (?), a. Innutritious.
Inn"yard` (?), n. The yard adjoining an inn.
In`o*be"di*ence (?), n. [L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience.]
Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
In`o*be"di*ent (?), a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F.
inobedient. See Obedient.] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.
-- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
In`ob*serv"a*ble (?), a. [L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See
In- not, and Observable.] Not observable.
In`ob*serv"ance (?), a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.] Want
or neglect of observance. Bacon.
In`ob*serv"ant (?), a. [L. inobservans. See In- not, and Observant.]
Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd.
-- In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv.
In*ob`ser*va"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. inobservation.] Neglect or want of
observation. [R.]
In`ob*tru"sive (?), a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.
-- In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.
In`o*car"pin (?), n. [Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, muscle + karpo`s fruit.]
(Chem.) A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless
juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
In*oc`cu*pa"tion, n. Want of occupation.
||In`o*cer"a*mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, a muscle + &?; an
||earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve
||shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the
||Cretaceous period.
||
In*oc`u*la*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being inoculable.
In*oc"u*la*ble (?), a. [See Inoculate.] Capable of being inoculated;
capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by
inoculation.
In*oc"u*lar (?), a. (Zoöl) Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said
of the antennæ of certain insects.
In*oc"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inoculating (?).] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref.
in- in, on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a
bud. See Ocular.] 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree
or plant in another tree or plant.