Indo-Chinese
(In`do-Chi*nese") a. [Indo- + Chinese.] Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther
India, or India beyond the Ganges).
Indocibility
(In*doc`i*bil"i*ty) n. The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.
Indocible
(In*doc"i*ble) a. [L. indocibilis. See In- not, and Docible.] Incapable of being taught, or not
easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. Bp. Hall. In*doc"i*ble*ness, n.
Indocile
(In*doc"ile) a. [L. indocilis: cf. F. indocile. See In- not, and Docile.] Not teachable; indisposed
to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.
Indocility
(In`do*cil"i*ty) n. [L. indocilitas: cf. F. indocilité.] The quality or state of being indocile; dullness
of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.
The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees.
W. Montagu. Indoctrinate
(In*doc"tri*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indoctrinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indoctrinating.] [Pref.
in- in + L. doctrina doctrine: cf. F. endoctriner.] To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning,
or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to
teach; often followed by in.
A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite.
Clarendon. Indoctrination
(In*doc`tri*na"tion) n. The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction
in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information. Sir T. Browne.
Indo-English
(In`do-Eng"lish) a. [Indo- + English.] Of or relating to the English who are born or reside
in India; Anglo-Indian.
Indo-European
(In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an) a. Aryan; - - applied to the languages of India and Europe which are
derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these
languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.
The common origin of the Indo-European nations.
Tylor. Indogen
(In"do*gen) n. [Indigo + - gen.] (Chem.) A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded
as the essential nucleus of indigo.
Indogenide
(In"do*gen*ide) n. (Chem.) Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group
as a nucleus.
Indo-Germanic
(In`do-Ger*man"ic) a. [Indo- + Germanic.]
1. Same as Aryan, and Indo- European.
2. Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from
the ancient Aryan language.
Indoin
(In"do*in) n. (Chem.) A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen
compounds.
Indol
(In"dol) n. [Indigo + -ol of phenol.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N,
obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed
from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is
present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.