Immodesty to Impalpable
Immodesty
(Im*mod"es*ty) n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.] Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent
reserve; indecency. "A piece of immodesty." Pope.
Immolate
(Im"mo*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus,
p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits
or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.] To
sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.
Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor
of women.
Boyle. Immolation
(Im`mo*la"tion) n. [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.]
1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. Sir. T. Browne.
2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
Immolator
(Im"mo*la`tor) n. [L.] One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics
who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice.
Immold
(Im*mold", Im*mould") v. t. To mold into shape, or form. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
Immoment
(Im*mo"ment) a. [See Immomentous.] Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys." Shak.
Immomentous
(Im`mo*men"tous) a. [Pref. im- not + momentous.] Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.
[R.] A. Seward.
Immoral
(Im*mor"al) a. [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude,
purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as,
an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Syn. — Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.
Immorality
(Im`mo*ral"i*ty) n.; pl. Immoralities [Cf. F. immoralité.]
1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
The root of all immorality.
Sir W. Temple. 2. An immoral act or practice.
Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them.
Milton. Immorally
(Im*mor"al*ly) adv. In an immoral manner; wickedly.
Immorigerous
(Im`mo*rig"er*ous) a. [Pref. im- not + morigerous.] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [Obs.]
— Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Immortal
(Im*mor"tal) a. [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal,
and cf. Immortelle.]
1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal,
existance.
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible.
1 Tim. i. 17.
For my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
Shak.
