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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

immotile en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile English motile English immotile From im- + motile.

Meanings

  1. Not motile (lacking the ability to move)
    • And they currently have forty-two ships searching for an immotile civilization beyond the region of space we Firewalled. 2007, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void:

Forms

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most immotile Degree=Sup lexicographic
more immotile Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

immotility

Synonyms

immovable · stationary · immobile · static · inanimate · sessile · static · stuck · unmovable · unmoveable · fixed · immotile · rigid · inert · unmovable · lifeless