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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 imparisyllabic Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis. impassibility The state or condition of being impassible. impatiency Impatience. impavid fearless, undaunted impedient Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid. impedimenta Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage. impedite Hindered; obstructed. impedition That which impedes; a hindrance. impend To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. impendent impending; threatening imperant commanding imperate To command. imperation The action of governing or commanding; governance. imperatorial Commanding; authoritative. imperatrix The reigning empress; Female equivalent of Imperator. imperdible Not destructible. imperium in imperio A state within a state, inclusive of deep states or other forces which operate with sovereign-like impunity within a polity. imperscrutable Not capable of being sought or understood; inscrutable. imperspirable Not perspirable, not capable of sweating. impertransible impermeable imperturbation Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness. impetiginous Of, pertaining to, or suffering from, impetigo. impetrable Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition. impetrate To obtain by asking; to procure upon request. impetration The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. impetrative Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. impignorate To pledge or pawn. impingent Striking against or upon; impinging. impinguate To fatten; to make fat. implacability The quality or state of being implacable. implex Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex. implicans The antecedent in the if-clause; the well-formed formula (wff). imploratory Entreating, supplicatory. impluvium A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium. impone To stake; to wager; to pledge. imponent That imposes a rule. importuous Without a port or harbour. impostrix A female impostor. impotentia coeundi The inability of males to perform coition, often (but not necessarily) as a result of erectile dysfunction. imprecate To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. imprecation The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone. imprepared Synonym of unprepared. impressor One who, or that which, impresses. improbate To disallow, disqualify, or annul. improbation disapproval improbity A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty. imprompt Not prompt; delayed. improperation A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely. Improperia A series of antiphons and responses expressing the remonstrance of Jesus Christ with his people, usually sung on Good Friday. improsperity Lack of prosperity. improtected Synonym of unprotected. improviso Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous. imprudency The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness. impuberal Immature; not having come to puberty. impudency Impudence, insolence. impulsor One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator. impune Unpunished. Imum Coeli The point where the ecliptic crosses the northern meridian, said to represent the deep subconscious. in absentia While not present; while absent inamissible Incapable of being lost. inamorate enamoured; in love inaniloquent Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous. in antis Between antae; where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. inaquate Embodied in, or changed into, water. in articulo mortis At the moment of death. (In law, especially canon, or church, law, this expression can mean that someone has been given special permission by a competent authority to enter an organization or to receive some sort of exemption or permission at some point not long before they die, such as receiving diaconal or presbyteral ordination or entering religious profession.) inaudacious Lacking in audacity; not audacious. inaurate To cover with gold; to gild. inauspicate inauspicious incalescent Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent. in camera In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors). incanescent hoary or grey; canescent. incanous Hoary with a white pubescence. incant To state solemnly, to chant. incantate To sing or speak formulas and/or rhyming words, often during occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. incastle To add castles to a place. incatenation The act of linking together; enchaining. incavated hollowed, bent round or in, or concave incedingly Majestically. incend To inflame; to excite. incendious Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. incension The act of heating or burning incept To take in or ingest. inceptisol A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. inceptor A beginner; one in the rudiments. inceration ceration. incerative Cleaving or sticking like wax. incessive Intense and active. inchoative Initial; as yet unformed; inchoate. incicurable Impossible to tame. incipience A beginning, or first stage. incisura a notch or indent incisure A notch or indent. incitant Inciting; stimulating. inclamation exclamation; (loud) utterance inclavated Set; fast; fixed. inclemency The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency. incogitable Not cogitable; inconceivable. incogitancy A lack of thought or thinking. incogitant thoughtless; inconsiderate incognitum An American mammoth or mastodon, especially when presumed extant.