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impudicity [impudicity 词源字典]: "Lack of modesty", Early 16th century: from French impudicité, from Latin impudicitia, from impudicus 'shameless', from in- 'not' + pudere 'be ashamed'.[impudicity etymology, impudicity origin, 英语词源]
intumesce: "Swell up", Late 18th century: from Latin intumescere, from in- 'into' + tumescere 'begin to swell' (from tumere 'swell').
irradiant: "Shining brightly", Early 16th century: from Latin irradiant- 'shining upon', from the verb irradiare (based on radius 'ray').
idiography: "The study of the individual, or of single events or facts", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Roger North (1651–1734), lawyer, politician, and writer. From idio- + -graphy.
incandesce: "Glow with heat", Late 19th century: back-formation from incandescent.
illywhacker: "A small-time confidence trickster", 1940s: of unknown origin.
incrassate: "Thickened in form or consistency", Late 15th century: from late Latin incrassatus 'made thick', past participle of incrassare.
ingurgitate: "Swallow (something) greedily", Late 16th century: from Latin ingurgitat- 'poured in, drenched', from the verb ingurgitare, from in- 'into' + gurges, gurgit- 'whirlpool, gulf'.
interlocutory: "(Of a decree or judgement) given provisionally during the course of a legal action", Late 15th century: from medieval Latin interlocutorius, from Latin interloqui 'interrupt' (see interlocutor).
incensory: "Another term for censer", Early 17th century (denoting a burnt offering, or an altar for it): from medieval Latin incensorium, from incensum (see incense¹).
immanently: "In an immanent manner, by immanence; inherently", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Sergeant (1623–1707), Roman Catholic controversialist and philosopher. From immanent + -ly.
illation: "The action of inferring or drawing a conclusion", Mid 16th century: from Latin illatio(n-), from illat- 'brought in', from the verb inferre (see infer).
idioglossia: " Medicine a form of dyslalia characterized by consistent substitution of speech sounds to such a degree that the affected person seems to speaking a language of his or her own", Late 19th cent. From idio- + -glossia, perhaps after Hellenistic Greek ἰδιόγλωσσος of distinct tongue.
Indonesia: "A SE Asian country consisting of many islands in the Malay Archipelago; population 240,271,500 (est. 2009); languages, Indonesian (official), Malay, Balinese, Chinese, Javanese, and others; capital, Jakarta (on Java)", From Indo- + Greek nēsos 'island'.
ichthus: "An image of a fish used as a symbol of Christianity", From Greek ikhthus 'fish', an early symbol of Christianity: the initial letters of the word are sometimes taken as short for Iesous Christos, Theou Uios, Soter (Jesus Christ, son of God, saviour).
Isoptera: "An order of insects that comprises the termites", Modern Latin (plural), from Greek isos 'equal' + pteron 'wing'.
Islamite: "= Muslim", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Francis Gladwin (?1745–1812), Persian scholar. From Islam + -ite, perhaps originally after French islamite Muslim.
Isle of Wight disease: "A disease of bees that is caused by a parasitic mite", So named because it was first observed in the Isle of Wight in 1904.
Inuit: "The members of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska", Inuit, plural of inuk 'person'. More Eskimo from late 16th century:The traditional word for the indigenous people inhabiting northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and eastern Siberia is Eskimo. The word is from Native American language Algonquian, and may have originally meant ‘people speaking a different language’. It was formerly thought that the original meaning was ‘person who eats raw meat’ and because this was seen as insulting, the word is now avoided by many. The peoples inhabiting the regions from the Canadian Arctic to western Greenland prefer to call themselves Inuit, first recorded in English in the mid 18th century and the plural of inuk ‘person’. There are comparatively few words in English from the Inuit language. Kayak, which came into English in the 18th century, is one of them, and igloo (mid 19th century) from iglu ‘house’, is the most notable other.
integrant: "(Of parts) making up or contributing to a whole; constituent", Mid 17th century (as an adjective): from French intégrant, from the verb intégrer, from Latin integrare (see integrate).