Etymology

inarticulate

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Today it means: Not articulated in normal words. Full definition →

Latin inarticulatus
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inarticulate · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed frominarticulatus
  2. English todayinarticulate

From Latin inarticulatus and from in- + articulate. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

inarticulate · noun2

From the substantivation of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name (Inarticulata). Used by contrast with Articulata.

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