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.
Innuent
(In"nu*ent) a. [L. innuens, p. pr.] Conveying a hint; significant. [Obs.] Burton.
Innuit
(In"nu*it), n. [Native name.] (Ethnol.) An Eskimo.
Innumerability
(In*nu`mer*a*bil"i*ty) n. [L. innumerabilitas.] State of being innumerable. Fotherby.
Innumerable
(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.
Innumerous
(In*nu"mer*ous) a. [L. innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous.] Innumerable. [Archaic]
Milton.
Innutrition
(In`nu*tri"tion) n. Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment. E. Darwin.
Innutritious
(In`nu*tri"tious) a. Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.
Innutritive
(In*nu"tri*tive) a. Innutritious.
Innyard
(Inn"yard`) n. The yard adjoining an inn.
Inobedience
(In`o*be"di*ence) n. [L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience.] Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Chaucer.
Inobedient
(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.]
Inobservable
(In`ob*serv"a*ble) a. [L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See In- not, and Observable.]
Not observable.
Inobservance
(In`ob*serv"ance) a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance.] Want or neglect of observance.
Bacon.
Inobservant
(In`ob*serv"ant) a. [L. inobservans. See In- not, and Observant.] Not observant; regardless; heedless.
Bp. Hurd.
— In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv.
Inobservation
(In*ob`ser*va"tion) n. [Cf. F. inobservation.] Neglect or want of observation. [R.]
Inobtrusive
(In`ob*tru"sive) a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.
— In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. — In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.
