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ice-addled adj confused, disoriented, and raging owing to the effects of amphetamines.;
[from NE ice + addle]
icebear n polar bear;
[NE ice bear; cf. WF iisbear, NF (Söl'ring) Isbeer, NL ijsbeer, NHG Eisbär, SW isbjörn]
ilk n, adj, same person or persons, kind, class; each, every, each; same family, kind, class, sort
[from OE ilca]
ilkhood n, people of one ilk or same kind collectively, including one kin and kith.; same family, kin, kind, same kind, class, sort, kith,
[from OE ilca & hood.]
imean adj common; universal, worldly
[from ME imeane]
inblend vb to confuse;
[neologism: in + blend]
indellow vb indulge;
[<in + dellow; calque from Latin indulgeō]
indellowend n indulgence;
[<in + dellow + -end (wordlore 1); calque from Latin indulgēns]
indrawn adj 1. interested
2. quiet, introverted;
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ingo vb to enter; literally " to go in";
[neologism: in + go]
ingoing n entrance; inway
[calque: from German "eingang"]
inhold vb to hold within; contain; include;
[in + hold, present in English. Equivalent to calque of German "einhalten" or Old English "onhealdan"]
inholding n 1. inclusion
2. area of privately-owned land within an area of publicly-owned land;
[from inhold (sense 1) or in- + holding (sense 2, present in English)]
inlath vb invite;
[OE inlaðian]
inly adv Inwardly; Within, inwith, inside, internally
[OED & MW (Literary), OE innlīce]
inmind vt to memorize;
[compound: in+mind]
innerheld adj belonging to the real nature of a thing; not offhanging (dependent) on any outly (external) boutstandings (circumstances); intrinsic
[compound: inner+held]
innerself noun subjective identity, self-concept;
[compound: inner+self]
innerselflike adj intrapersonal, introspective;
[compound: innerself+like]
innerselflook vb introspect;
[compound: innerself+look]
inroads n the beginnings of progress; penetration of a problem; first steps;
['Three weeks into it, I am finally beginning to make inroads on this project.']
inting n matter, case, business, cause;
[from OE intinga]
inway n entrance; literally "the way in";
[neologism: in + way]
inwit n the inner knowledge and feeling of right and wrong; conscience, reason
[obsolete, from in- + wit 'understanding, knowledge']
inwith prep. (Middle English) Within; enclosed, surrounded by
[Obsolete, in+with ME Alternate Spelling Inwiþ]
isweer
(word in Roufrithson's English)
n male cousin; sweer, fether, mether, cousin
inwrite v to write into something, having the writing being in the face of the object visible to one who would look upon the object; carve, inscribe
[in + write. Not a calque.]
isness n the act of existing, state or fact of being; being, existence
[compoud: is(to be)+ness(the state of; being so)]
ithand n diligent, industrious;
[dialectal, Northern England, Scotland. Ultimately from Old Norse "iðinn"]
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