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Definition: Ecardines
Inarticulate
\In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
not + articulatus articulate.]
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1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
distinctness, as speech or words.
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Music which is inarticulate poesy. --Dryden.
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2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body
segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
(b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (
Inarticulata
or
Ecardines) of brachiopods.
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3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
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The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
--Walpole.
4. Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly.
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Ecardines
\E*car"di*nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. e out, without +
cardo a hinge.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See
Brachiopoda.
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