Indecent
(In*de"cent) a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. indécent. See In- not, and Decent.]
Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper.
Syn. — Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly; immodest; gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy.
Indecently
(In*de"cent*ly), adv. In an indecent manner.
Indeciduate
(In`de*cid"u*ate) a.
1. Indeciduous.
2. (Anat.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate.
Indeciduous
(In`de*cid"u*ous) a. Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.
The indeciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo.
Sir T. Browne. Indecimable
(In*dec"i*ma*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + LL. decimare to tithe: cf. F. indécimable. See Decimate.]
Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell.
Indecipherable
(In`de*ci"pher*a*ble) a. Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or
solved. — In`de*ci"pher*a*bly, adv.
Indecision
(In`de*ci"sion) n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. indécision.] Want of decision; want of settled
purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to
produce it.
Shenstone.
Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.
Burke. Indecisive
(In`de*ci"sive) a. [Cf. F. indécisif.]
1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.
The campaign had everywhere been indecisive.
Macaulay. 2. Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive
state of mind; an indecisive character.
Indecisively
(In`de*ci"sive*ly), adv. Without decision.
Indecisiveness
(In`de*ci"sive*ness), n. The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Indeclinable
(In`de*clin"a*ble) a. [L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In- not, and Decline.] (Gram.)
Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil in Latin, is an indeclinable noun. — n. An
indeclinable word.
Indeclinably
(In`de*clin"a*bly), adv.
1. Without variation.
2. (Gram.) Without variation of termination.
Indecomposable
(In*de`com*pos"a*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + decomposable: cf. F. indécomposable.]
Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.
