Dictionary

inarticulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.ɑː(ɹ).tɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation English inarticulation From in- + articulation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
   • "The inarticulation of a fond father in an undemonstrative family setting is brought out admirably..." 1976, Uma Parameswaran, A Study of Representative Indo-English Novelists, →ISBN, page 81:
2. (US, countable, uncountable) Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered.
   • "Another traditional source of inarticulation is the requirement of an eighth-grade diploma for entrance to high school." 1937, Fred Engelhardt, Alfred Victor Overn, Secondary Education: Principles and Practices, page 124:
3. (countable, uncountable) An inarticulate or underarticulated utterance.
   • "There are some methods of jargonification that became established quite early... These include verb doubling, sound-alike slang, the '-P' convention, overgeneralization, spoken inarticulations, and anthropomorphization." 2002, Mad Macz, Internet Underground: The Way of the Hacker, page 111:

Forms

Relateds

hyperarticulation · overarticulation · underarticulation