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Inarticulate \In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
not + articulatus articulate.]
1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
distinctness, as speech or words.

Music which is inarticulate poesy. --Dryden.

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.

3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]

The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
--Walpole.

4. Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly.
[PJC]


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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