I NWAD I.0

I — IDONEOUS NWAD I.1

I is the ninth letter, and the third vowel of the English Alphabet. We receive it through the Latin and Greek from the Shemitic jod, je, or ye, in Greek iwra, whence our English word jot. The vowel in French, and in most European languages, has the long fine sound which we express by e in me, or ee in seen, meek. This sound we retain in some foreign words which are naturalized in our language, as in machine, intrigue. But in most English words this long sound is shortened, as in holiness, pity, gift; in which words the sound of i coincides with that of y in hypocrite, cycle, and at the end of words, in unaccented syllables, as in holy, glory. It is this short sound of the French and Italian i, which we hear in the pronunciation of been, which we pronounce bin. After l, this letter has sometimes the liquid sound of y, as in million, pronounced milyon. This sound corresponds with that of the Hebrews, as in Joseph, which in Syria is pronounced Yoseph, and with the sound of the German j, as in ja, jahr, that is ya, yahr. NWAD I.1

The sound of i long, as in fine, kind, arise, is diphthongal; it begins with a sound approaching that of broad a, but it is not exactly the same, as the organs are not opened to the same extent, and therefore the sound begins a little above that of aw. The sound, if continued, closes with one that nearly approaches to that of e long. This sound can be learned only by the ear. This letter enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign, vein, friend; and with o in oil, join, coin, it helps to form a proper diphthong. NWAD I.2

No English word ends with i, but when the sound of the letter occurs at the end of a word, it is expressed by y. NWAD I.3

As a numeral I signifies one, and stands for as many units as it is repeated in times, as II, two, III, three, etc. When it stands before V or X, it subtracts itself, and the numerals denote one less than the V or the X. Thus IV expresses four, one less than V, five; IX stands for nine, one less than X, ten. But when it is placed after V or X, it denotes the addition of an unit, or as many units as the letter is repeated in times. Thus VI is five and one, or six, and XI is ten and one, or eleven; VIII stands for five and three, or eight, etc. NWAD I.4

I, formerly prefixed to some English words, as in ibuilt, is a contraction of the Saxon prefix ge; and more generally this was written y. NWAD I.5

I, pron. [L. ego.] The pronoun of the first person; the word which expresses one’s self, or that by which a speaker or writer denotes himself. It is only the nominative case of the pronoun; in the other cases we use me. I am attached to study; study delights me. We often hear in popular language the phrase it is me, which is now considered to be ungrammatical, for it is I. But the phrase may have come down to us from the use of the Welsh mi, or from the French use of the phrase, c’est moi. NWAD I.6

In the plural, we use we, and us, which appear to be words radically distinct from I. NWAD I.7

Johnson observes that Shakespeare uses I for ay or yes. In this he is not followed, and the use is incorrect. NWAD I.8

IAMBIC, n. [L. imabicus;] Pertaining to the iambus, a poetic foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one. NWAD IAMBIC.1

IAMBIC, IAM’BUS, n. [L. iambus.] In poetry, a foot consisting of two syllables, the first short and the last long, as in delight. The following line, consists wholly of iambic feet. NWAD IAMBIC.2

He scorns the force that dares his fury stay. NWAD IAMBIC.3

IAMBICS, n. plu. Verses composed of short and long syllables alternately. Anciently, certain songs or satires, supposed to have given birth to ancient comedy. NWAD IAMBICS.1

IBEX, n. [L.] The wild goat of the genus Capra, which is said to be the stock of the tame goat. It has large knotty horns reclining on its back, is of a yellowish color, and its beard is black. It inhabits the Alps. NWAD IBEX.1

The Aegagras, or wild goat of the mountains of Persia, appears to be the stock of the tame goat. The IBex is a distinct species. NWAD IBEX.2

IBIS, n. [Gr. and L.] A fowl of the genus Tantalus, and grallic order, a native of Egypt. The bill is long, subulated, and somewhat crooked; the face naked, and the feet have four toes palmated at the base. This fowl was much valued by the Egyptians for destroying serpents. It is said by Bruce not now to inhabit Egypt, but to be found in Abyssinia. NWAD IBIS.1

The ibis of the Egyptians is a species of the genus Scolopax. It was anciently venerated either because it devoured serpents, or because the marking of its plumage resembled one of the phases of the moon, or because it appeared in Egypt with the rising of the Nile. NWAD IBIS.2

The ibis is common in Egypt during the overflowing of the Nile. NWAD IBIS.3

ICARIAN, a. [from Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled on wings to escape the resentment of Minos, but his flight being too high was fatal to him, as the sun melted the wax that cemented his wings.] NWAD ICARIAN.1

Adventurous in flight; soaring too high for safety, like Icarus. NWAD ICARIAN.2

ICE, n. NWAD ICE.1

1. Water or other fluid congealed, or in a solid state; a solid, transparent, brittle substance, formed by the congelation of a fluid, by means of the abstraction of the heat necessary to preserve its fluidity, or to use language, congealed by cold. NWAD ICE.2

2. Concreted sugar. NWAD ICE.3

To break the ice, is to make the first opening to any attempt; to remove the first obstructions or difficulties; to open the way. NWAD ICE.4

ICE, v.t. To cover with ice; to convert into ice. NWAD ICE.5

1. To cover with concreted sugar; to frost. NWAD ICE.6

2. To chill; to freeze. NWAD ICE.7

ICEBERG, n. [ice and a hill.] A hill or mountain of ice, or a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes. NWAD ICEBERG.1

This term is applied to such elevated masses as exist in the valleys of the frigid zones; to those which are found on the surface of fixed ice; and to ice of great thickness and highth in a floating state. These lofty floating masses are sometimes detached from the icebergs on shore, and sometimes formed at a distance from any land. They are found in both the frigid zones, and are sometimes carried towards the equator as low as 40 degrees. NWAD ICEBERG.2

ICEBLINK, n. A name given by seamen to a bright appearance near the horizon, occasioned by the ice, and observed before the ice itself is seen. NWAD ICEBLINK.1

ICEBOAT, n. A boat constructed for moving on ice. NWAD ICEBOAT.1

ICEBOUND, a. In seaman’s language, totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing. NWAD ICEBOUND.1

ICEBUILT, a. Composed of ice. NWAD ICEBUILT.1

1. Loaded with ice. NWAD ICEBUILT.2

ICEHOUSE, n. [ice and house.] A repository for the preservation of ice during warm weather; a pit with a drain for conveying off the water of the ice when dissolved, and usually covered with a roof. NWAD ICEHOUSE.1

ICEISLE, n. iceile. [ice and isle.] A vast body of floating ice, such as is often seen in the Atlantic, off the banks of Newfoundland. NWAD ICEISLE.1

ICELANDER, n. A native of Iceland. NWAD ICELANDER.1

ICELANDIC, a. Pertaining to Iceland; and as a noun, the language of the Icelanders. NWAD ICELANDIC.1

Iceland spar, calcarious spar, in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, perfectly similar to the primitive rhomb. NWAD ICELANDIC.2

ICEPLANT, n. A plant of the genus Mesembryanthemem, sprinkled with pellucid, glittering, icy pimples. NWAD ICEPLANT.1

ICESPAR, n. A variety of feldspar, the crystals of which resemble ice. NWAD ICESPAR.1

ICHNEUMON, n. [L. from the Gr. to follow the steps, a footstep; a follower of the crocodile.] NWAD ICHNEUMON.1

An animal of the genus Viverra, or weasel kind. It has a tail tapering to a point, and its toes are distant from each other. It inhabits Egypt, Barbary and India. It destroys the most venomous serpents, and seeks the eggs of the crocodile, digging them out of the sand, eating them and destroying the young. In India and Egypt, this animal is domesticated and kept for destroying rats and mice. NWAD ICHNEUMON.2

Ichneumon-fly, a genus of flies, of the order of hymenopters, containing several hundred species. These animals have jaws, but no tongue; the antennae have more than thirty joints, and are kept in continual motion. The abdomen is generally petiolated, or joined to the body by a pedicle. These animals are great destroyers of caterpillars, plant-lice and other insects, as the ichneumon is of the eggs and young of the crocodile. NWAD ICHNEUMON.3

ICHNOGRAPHIC, ICHNOGRAPHICAL, a. [See Ichnography.] Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground- plot. NWAD ICHNOGRAPHIC.1

ICHNOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. a footstep, and to describe.] In perspective, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it, a ground-plot. NWAD ICHNOGRAPHY.1

ICHOR, n. [Gr.] A thin watery humor, like serum or whey. NWAD ICHOR.1

1. Sanious matter flowing from an ulcer. NWAD ICHOR.2

ICHOROUS, a. Like ichor; thin; water; serous. NWAD ICHOROUS.1

1. Sanious. NWAD ICHOROUS.2

ICHTHYOCOL, ICHTHYOCOLLA, n. [Gr. a fish, and glue.] Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish. NWAD ICHTHYOCOL.1

ICHTHYOLITE, n. [Gr. a fish, and a stone.] Fossil fish; or the figure or impression of a fish in rock. NWAD ICHTHYOLITE.1

ICHTHYOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to ichthyology. NWAD ICHTHYOLOGICAL.1

ICHTHYOLOGIST, n. [See Ichthyology.] One versed in ichthyology. NWAD ICHTHYOLOGIST.1

ICHTHYOLOGY, n. [Gr. a fish, and discourse.] The science of fishes, or that part of zoology which treats of fishes, their structure, form and classification, their habits, uses, etc. NWAD ICHTHYOLOGY.1

ICHTHYOPHAGOUS, a. [Gr. fish, and to eat.] Eating or subsisting on fish. NWAD ICHTHYOPHAGOUS.1

ICHTHYOPHAGY, n. [supra.] The practice of eating fish. NWAD ICHTHYOPHAGY.1

ICHTHYOPHTHALMITE, n. [Gr. a fish, and an eye.] Fish-eyestone. [See Apophyllite.] NWAD ICHTHYOPHTHALMITE.1

ICICLE, n. A pendent conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or collects in drops and is suspended. In the north of England, it is called ickle. NWAD ICICLE.1

ICINESS, n. The state of being icy, or of being very cold. NWAD ICINESS.1

1. The state of generating ice. NWAD ICINESS.2

ICING, ppr. Covering with concreted sugar. NWAD ICING.1

ICON, n. [Gr. an image, to resemble.] An image or representation. [Not in use.] NWAD ICON.1

ICONOCLAST, n. [Gr. an image, and a breaker, to break.] A breaker or destroyer of images; a name which Catholics give to those who reject the use of images in religious worship. NWAD ICONOCLAST.1

ICONOCLASTIC, a. Breaking images. NWAD ICONOCLASTIC.1

ICONOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. an image, to describe.] The description of images or ancient statues, busts, semi-busts, paintings in fresco, mosaic works, and ancient pieces of miniature. NWAD ICONOGRAPHY.1

ICONOLATER, n. [Gr. an image, and a servant.] One that worships images; a name given to Romanists. NWAD ICONOLATER.1

ICONOLOGY, n. [Gr. an image, and a discourse.] The doctrine of images or representations. NWAD ICONOLOGY.1

ICOSAHEDRAL, a. [Gr. twenty, and seat, basis.] Having twenty equal sides. NWAD ICOSAHEDRAL.1

ICOSAHEDRON, n. [supra.] A solid of twenty equal sides. NWAD ICOSAHEDRON.1

In geometry, a regular solid, consisting of twenty triangular pyramids, whose vertices meet in the center of a sphere supposed to circumscribe it, and therefore have their highths and bases equal. NWAD ICOSAHEDRON.2

ICOSANDER, n. [Gr. twenty, and a male.] In botany, a plant having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. NWAD ICOSANDER.1

Note - A writer on botany has suggested that as the proper character of plants of this class is the insertion of the stamens in the calyx, it might be expedient to denominate the class, Calycandria. NWAD ICOSANDER.2

ICOSANDRIAN, n. Pertaining to the class of plants, Icosandria, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. NWAD ICOSANDRIAN.1

ICTERIC, ICTERICAL, a. [L. ictericus, from icterus, jaundice.] Affected with the jaundice. NWAD ICTERIC.1

1. Good in the cure of the jaundice. NWAD ICTERIC.2

ICTERIC, n. A remedy for the jaundice. NWAD ICTERIC.3

ICTERITIOUS, a. [L. icterus, jaundice.] Yellow; having the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice. NWAD ICTERITIOUS.1

ICY, a. [from ice.] Abounding with ice; as the icy regions of the north. NWAD ICY.1

1. Cold; frosty; as icy chains. NWAD ICY.2

2. Made of ice. NWAD ICY.3

3. Resembling ice; chilling. NWAD ICY.4

Religion lays not an icy hand on the true joys of life. NWAD ICY.5

4. Cold; frigid; destitute of affection or passion. NWAD ICY.6

5. Indifferent; unaffected; backward. NWAD ICY.7

ICY-PEARLED, a. Studded with spangles of ice. NWAD ICY-PEARLED.1

I’d, contracted from I would, or I had. NWAD ICY-PEARLED.2

IDEA, n. [L. idea; Gr. to see, L. video.] NWAD IDEA.1

1. Literally, that which is seen; hence, form, image, model of any thing in the mind; that which is held or comprehended by the understanding or intellectual faculties. NWAD IDEA.2

I have used the idea, to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking. NWAD IDEA.3

Whatever the mind perceives in itself, or is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding, that I call an idea. NWAD IDEA.4

The attention of the understanding to the objects acting on it, by which it becomes sensible of the impressions they make, is called by logicians, perception, and the notices themselves as they exist in the mind, as the materials of thinking and knowledge, are distinguished by the name of ideas. NWAD IDEA.5

An idea is the reflex perception of objects, after the original perception or impression has been felt by the mind. NWAD IDEA.6

In popular language, idea signifies the same thing as conception, apprehension, notion. To have an idea of any thing is to conceive it. In philosophical use, it does not signify that act of the mind which we call thought or conception, but some object of thought. NWAD IDEA.7

According to modern writers on mental philosophy, an idea is the object of thought, or the notice which the mind takes of its perceptions. NWAD IDEA.8

Darwin uses idea for a notion of external things which our organs bring us acquainted with originally, and he defines it, a contraction, motion or configuration of the fibers which constitute the immediate organ of sense; synonymous with which he sometimes uses sensual motion, in contradistinction to muscular motion. NWAD IDEA.9

1. In popular use, idea signifies notion, conception, thought, opinion, and even purpose or intention. NWAD IDEA.10

2. Image in the mind. NWAD IDEA.11

Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts. NWAD IDEA.12

[A bad use of the word.] NWAD IDEA.13

3. An opinion; a proposition. These decisions are incompatible with the idea, that the principles are derived from the civil law. NWAD IDEA.14

IDEAL, a. Existing in idea; intellectual; mental; as ideal knowledge. NWAD IDEAL.1

There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. NWAD IDEAL.2

1. Visionary; existing in fancy or imagination only; as ideal good. NWAD IDEAL.3

2. That considers ideas as images, phantasms, or forms in the mind; as the ideal theory or philosophy. NWAD IDEAL.4

IDEALISM, n. The system or theory that makes every thing to consist in ideas, and denies the existence of material bodies. NWAD IDEALISM.1

IDEALIZE, v.i. To form ideas. NWAD IDEALIZE.1

IDEALLY, adv. Intellectually; mentally; in idea. NWAD IDEALLY.1

IDEATE, v.t. To form in idea; to fancy. [Not in use.] NWAD IDEATE.1

IDENTIC, IDENTICAL, a. [L. idem, the same.] The same; not different; as the identical person; the identical proposition. NWAD IDENTIC.1

We found on the thief the identical goods that were lost. NWAD IDENTIC.2

IDENTIFICATION, n. The act of making or proving to be the same. NWAD IDENTIFICATION.1

IDENTIFIED, pp. Ascertained or made to be the same. NWAD IDENTIFIED.1

IDENTIFY, v.t. [L. idem, the same, and facio, to make.] NWAD IDENTIFY.1

1. To ascertain or prove to be the same. The owner of the goods found them in the possession of the thief, and identified them. NWAD IDENTIFY.2

2. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one interest, purpose or intention; to treat as having the same use; to consider as the same in effect. NWAD IDENTIFY.3

Paul has identified the two ordinances, circumcision and baptism, and thus, by demonstrating that they have one and the same use and meaning, he has exhibited to our view the very same seal of God’s covenant. NWAD IDENTIFY.4

That treaty in fact identified Spain with the republican government of France, by a virtual acknowledgment of unqualified vassalage, and by specific stipulations of unconditional defense. NWAD IDENTIFY.5

Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and of the rules. NWAD IDENTIFY.6

IDENTIFY, v.i. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. NWAD IDENTIFY.7

--An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. NWAD IDENTIFY.8

IDENTIFYING, ppr. Ascertaining or proving to be the same. NWAD IDENTIFYING.1

1. Making the same in interest, purpose, use, efficacy, etc. NWAD IDENTIFYING.2

IDENTITY, n. Sameness, as distinguished from similitude and diversity. We speak of the identity of goods found, the identity of persons, or of personal identity. NWAD IDENTITY.1

IDES, n. plu. [L. idus.] In the ancient Roman calendar, eight days in each month; the first day of which fell on the 13th of January, February, April, June, August, September, November and December, and on the 15th of March, May, July, and October. The ides came between the calends and the nones, and were reckoned backwards. This method of reckoning is still retained in the chancery of Rome, and in the calendar of the breviary. NWAD IDES.1

IDIOCRASY, n. [Gr. proper, peculiar to one’s self, and mixture, temperament, to mix.] NWAD IDIOCRASY.1

Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person. NWAD IDIOCRASY.2

IDIOCRATIC, IDIOCRATICAL, a. Peculiar in constitution. NWAD IDIOCRATIC.1

IDIOCY, n. [Gr. See Idiot.] A defect of understanding; properly, a natural defect. NWAD IDIOCY.1

Idiocy and lunacy excuse from the guilt of crime. NWAD IDIOCY.2

IDIOELECTRIC, a. [Gr. separate from others, peculiar to one’s self, and electric.] NWAD IDIOELECTRIC.1

Electric per se, or containing electricity in its natural state. NWAD IDIOELECTRIC.2

IDIOM, n. [L. idioma, from Gr. proper, or peculiar to one’s self; Eng. widow, wide.] NWAD IDIOM.1

1. A mode of expression peculiar to a language; peculiarity of expression or phraseology. In this sense, it is used in the plural to denote forms of speech or phraseology, peculiar to a nation or language. NWAD IDIOM.2

And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. NWAD IDIOM.3

2. The genius or peculiar east of a language. NWAD IDIOM.4

He followed the Latin language, but did not comply with the idiom of ours. NWAD IDIOM.5

3. Dialect. NWAD IDIOM.6

IDIOMATIC, IDIOMATICAL, a. Peculiar to a language; pertaining to the particular genius or modes of expression which belong to a language; as an idiomatic phrase. NWAD IDIOMATIC.1

IDIOMATICALLY, adv. According to the idiom of a language. NWAD IDIOMATICALLY.1

IDIOPATHIC, a. [See Idiopathy.] Pertaining to idiopathy; indicating a disease peculiar to a particular part of the body, and not arising from any preceding disease; as idiopathic head-ach. The epilepsy is idiopathic, when it proceeds from some fault in the brain; but sympathetic, when it is the consequence of some other disorder. NWAD IDIOPATHIC.1

The term idiopathic is also applied to general as well as local diseases, as idiopathic fever. It then signifies, not sympathetic or symptomatic, not arising from any previous disease. NWAD IDIOPATHIC.2

IDIOPATHICALLY, adv. By means of its own disease or affections; not sympathetically. NWAD IDIOPATHICALLY.1

IDIOPATHY, n. [Gr. proper, peculiar, and suffering, disease, to suffer.] NWAD IDIOPATHY.1

1. An original disease in a particular part of the body; a disease peculiar to some part of the body and not proceeding from another disease. NWAD IDIOPATHY.2

2. Peculiar affection. NWAD IDIOPATHY.3

IDIO-REPULISVE, a. Repulsive by itself; as the idio-repulsive power of heat. NWAD IDIO-REPULISVE.1

IDIOSYNCRASY, n. [Gr. proper, with, and temperament.] A peculiar temperament or organization of a body, by which it is rendered more liable to certain disorders than bodies differently constituted. NWAD IDIOSYNCRASY.1

IDIOT, n. [L. idiota; Gr. private, vulgar, unskilled, peculiar, that is, separate, simple. See Idiom.] NWAD IDIOT.1

1. A natural fool or fool from his birth; a human being in form, but destitute of reason, or the ordinary intellectual powers of man. NWAD IDIOT.2

A person who has understanding enough to measure a yard of cloth, number twenty correctly, tell the days of the week, etc., is not an idiot in the eye of the law. NWAD IDIOT.3

2. A foolish person; one unwise. NWAD IDIOT.4

IDIOTIC, a. Like an idiot; foolish; sottish. NWAD IDIOTIC.1

IDIOTISH, a. Like an idiot; partaking of idiocy; foolish. NWAD IDIOTISH.1

IDIOTISM, n. [Gr. a form of speech taken from the vulgar.] NWAD IDIOTISM.1

1. An idiom; a peculiarity of expression; a mode of expression peculiar to a language; a peculiarity in the structure of words and phrases. NWAD IDIOTISM.2

Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms suitable to their native language, to words newly invented. NWAD IDIOTISM.3

2. Idiocy. NWAD IDIOTISM.4

But it would be well to restrain this word to its proper signification, and keep idiocy and idiotism distinct. NWAD IDIOTISM.5

IDIOTIZE, v.i. To become stupid. NWAD IDIOTIZE.1

IDLE, a. NWAD IDLE.1

1. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing. NWAD IDLE.2

Why stand ye here all the day idle? Matthew 20:6. NWAD IDLE.3

To be idle, is to be vicious. NWAD IDLE.4

2. Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; as an idle man; an idle fellow. NWAD IDLE.5

3. Affording leisure; vacant; not occupied; as idle time; idle hours. NWAD IDLE.6

4. Remaining unused; unemployed; applied to things; as, my sword or spear is idle. NWAD IDLE.7

5. Useless; vain; ineffectual; as idle rage. NWAD IDLE.8

6. Unfruitful; barren; not productive of good. NWAD IDLE.9

Of antres vast and idle desarts. NWAD IDLE.10

Idle weeds. NWAD IDLE.11

7. Trifling; vain; of no importance; as an idle story; an idle reason; idle arguments. NWAD IDLE.12

8. Unprofitable; not tending to edification. NWAD IDLE.13

Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36. NWAD IDLE.14

Idle differs from lazy; the latter implying constitutional or habitual aversion or indisposition to labor or action, sluggishness; whereas idle, in its proper sense, denotes merely unemployed. An industrious man may be idle, but he cannot be lazy. NWAD IDLE.15

IDLE, v.i. To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. NWAD IDLE.16

To idle away, in a transitive sense, to spend in idleness; as, to idle away time. NWAD IDLE.17

IDLEHEADED, a. [idle and head.] Foolish; unreasonable. NWAD IDLEHEADED.1

1. Delirious; infatuated. [Little used.] NWAD IDLEHEADED.2

IDLENESS, n. Abstinence from labor or employment; the state of a person who is unemployed in labor, or unoccupied in business; the state of doing nothing. Idleness is the parent of vice. NWAD IDLENESS.1

Through the idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Ecclesiastes 10:18. NWAD IDLENESS.2

1. Aversion to labor; reluctance to be employed, or to exertion either of body or mind; laziness; sloth; sluggishness. This is properly laziness; but idleness is often the effect of laziness, and sometimes this word may be used for it. NWAD IDLENESS.3

2. Unimportance; trivialness. NWAD IDLENESS.4

Apes of idleness. NWAD IDLENESS.5

3. Inefficacy; uselessness. [Little used.] NWAD IDLENESS.6

4. Barrenness; worthlessness. [Little used.] NWAD IDLENESS.7

5. Emptiness; foolishness; infatuation; as idleness of brain. [Little used.] NWAD IDLENESS.8

IDLEPATED, a. Idleheaded; stupid. NWAD IDLEPATED.1

IDLER, n. One who does nothing; one who spends his time in inaction, or without being engaged in business. NWAD IDLER.1

1. A lazy person; a sluggard. NWAD IDLER.2

IDLESBY, n. An idle or lazy person. [Not used.] NWAD IDLESBY.1

IDLY, adv. In an idle manner; without employment. NWAD IDLY.1

1. Lazily; sluggishly. NWAD IDLY.2

2. Foolishly; uselessly; in a trifling way. NWAD IDLY.3

A shilling spent idly by a fool, may be saved by a wiser person. NWAD IDLY.4

3. Carelessly; without attention. NWAD IDLY.5

4. Vainly; ineffectually; as, to reason idly against truth. NWAD IDLY.6

IDOCRASE, n. [Gr. form, and mixture; a mixed figure.] NWAD IDOCRASE.1

A mineral, the vesuvian of Werner, sometimes massive, and very often in shining prismatic crystals. Its primitive form is a four-sided prism with square bases. It is found near Vesuvius, in unaltered rocks ejected by the volcano; also in primitive rocks, in various other localities. NWAD IDOCRASE.2

IDOL, n. [L. idolum; Gr. form or to see.] NWAD IDOL.1

1. An image, form or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship; a pagan deity. Idols are usually statues or images, carved out of wood or stone, or formed of metals, particularly silver or gold. NWAD IDOL.2

The gods of the nations are idols. Psalm 96:5. NWAD IDOL.3

2. An image. NWAD IDOL.4

Nor ever idol seemed so much alive. NWAD IDOL.5

3. A person loved and honored to adoration. The prince was the idol of the people. NWAD IDOL.6

4. Any thing on which we set our affections; that to which we indulge an excessive and sinful attachment. NWAD IDOL.7

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:21. NWAD IDOL.8

An idol is any thing which usurps the place of God in the hearts of his rational creatures. NWAD IDOL.9

5. A representation. [Not in use.] NWAD IDOL.10

IDOLATER, n. [L. idololatra. See Idolatry.] NWAD IDOLATER.1

1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of any thing made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan. NWAD IDOLATER.2

2. An adorer; a great admirer. NWAD IDOLATER.3

IDOLATRESS, n. A female worshiper of idols. NWAD IDOLATRESS.1

IDOLATRIZE, v.i. To worship idols. NWAD IDOLATRIZE.1

IDOLATRIZE, v.t. To adore; to worship. NWAD IDOLATRIZE.2

IDOLATROUS, a. Pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry, or of the worship of false gods; consisting in the worship of idols; as idolatrous worship. NWAD IDOLATROUS.1

1. Consisting in or partaking of an excessive attachment or reverence; as an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. NWAD IDOLATROUS.2

IDOLATROUSLY, adv. In an idolatrous manner; with excessive reverence. NWAD IDOLATROUSLY.1

IDOLATRY, n. [L. idololatria. Gr. idol, and to worship or serve.] NWAD IDOLATRY.1

1. The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God. NWAD IDOLATRY.2

Idolatry is of two kinds; the worship of images, statues, pictures, etc. made by hands; and the worship of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon and stars, or of demons, angels, men and animals. NWAD IDOLATRY.3

2. Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration. NWAD IDOLATRY.4

IDOLISH, a. Idolatrous. NWAD IDOLISH.1

IDOLISM, n. The worship of idols. [Little used.] NWAD IDOLISM.1

IDOLIST, n. A worship of images; a poetical word. NWAD IDOLIST.1

IDOLIZE, v.t. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold or wealth; to idolize children; to idolize a virtuous magistrate or a hero. NWAD IDOLIZE.1

IDOLIZED, pp. Loved or reverenced to adoration. NWAD IDOLIZED.1

IDOLIZER, n. One who idolizes, or loves to reverence. NWAD IDOLIZER.1

IDOLIZING, ppr. Loving or revering to an excess bordering on adoration. NWAD IDOLIZING.1

IDONEOUS, a. [L. idoneus; probably from the root of Gr. to be strong, able or sufficient.] NWAD IDONEOUS.1

Fit; suitable; proper; convenient; adequate. [Little used.] NWAD IDONEOUS.2