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identicalness [identicalness 词源字典]: "The quality of being identical; sameness; identity", Late 17th cent. From identical + -ness. Compare earlier identity.[identicalness etymology, identicalness origin, 英语词源]
invitatory: "Containing or conveying an invitation", Middle English: from late Latin invitatorius, from Latin invitare (see invite).
indocile: "Difficult to teach or discipline; not submissive", Early 17th century: from French, or from Latin indocilis, from in- 'not' + docilis (see docile).
immalleable: "Not malleable; (originally) literal incapable of being hammered out or beaten; (in later use also of a person, the mind, etc.) unchangeable, obstinate, unyielding", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John French (?1616–1657), physician. From im- + malleable, originally after post-classical Latin immalleabilis.
internecinal: "= internecine", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Times. From classical Latin internecīnus internecine + -al.
inosculate: "Join by intertwining or fitting closely together", Late 17th century: from in-² 'into' + Latin osculare 'provide with a mouth or outlet' (from osculum, diminutive of os 'mouth'), on the pattern of Greek anastomoun, in the same sense.
immatureness: "The quality or condition of being immature; immaturity", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher. From immature + -ness.
idiochromatic: "Of a mineral: deriving its colour or optical properties from the chemicals which are an essential part of its composition", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in James Nicol (1810–1879), geologist. From idio- + chromatic, after German idiochromatisch.
inoculum: "A substance used for inoculation", Early 20th century: modern Latin, from Latin inoculare (see inoculate), on the pattern of the pair coagulate, coagulum.
isogeotherm: "A line or surface on a diagram connecting points representing those in the interior of the earth having the same temperature", Mid 19th century: from iso- 'equal' + geo- 'earth' + Greek thermē 'heat'.
ichthyic: "Fishlike", Mid 19th century: from Greek ikhthuïkos 'fishy', from ikhthus 'fish'.
immanacle: "To put manacles on; to handcuff, fetter. Also figurative", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Milton (1608–1674), poet and polemicist. From im- + manacle.
iridaceous: "Relating to or denoting plants of the iris family (Iridaceae), which grow from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Iridaceae (plural), based on Greek iris, irid- 'rainbow', + -ous.
ingravescent: "(Of a condition or symptom) gradually increasing in severity", Early 19th century: from Latin ingravescent- 'growing heavy or worse', from the verb ingravescere (based on gravis 'heavy').
ichthyornis: "A fossil gull-like fish-eating bird of the Upper Cretaceous period, with large toothed jaws", Modern Latin, from ichthyo- + Greek ornis 'bird'.
isopleth: "A line on a map connecting points having equal incidence of a specified meteorological feature", Early 20th century: from Greek isoplēthēs 'equal in quantity', from Greek isos 'equal' + plēthos 'multitude, quantity'.
impluvium: "The square basin in the centre of the atrium of an ancient Roman house, which received rainwater from an opening in the roof", Latin, from impluere 'rain into'.
ideocracy: "Governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology; a state or country governed in this way", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Adams (1735–1826), president of the United States of America. From ideo- + -cracy.
informatory: "Giving information; informative", Late Middle English (but rare before the late 19th century): from Latin informat- 'shaped, described' (from the verb informare) + -ory².
idealistical: "(A) Philosophy = idealistic. (b) = idealistic", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Notes and Queries. From idealist + -ical.