Where Did Inarticulate Come from?

1600, "not clear or intelligible" (of speech); "not jointed or hinged, not composed of segments connected by joints" (in biology), from Late Latin inarticulatus "not articulate, not distinct," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + articulatus, past participle of articulare "to separate into joints; to utter distinctly" (see ...

What is a inarticulate mean?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings. 2a(1) : incapable of speech especially under stress of emotion : mute. (2) : incapable of being expressed by speech inarticulate fear.

Does inarticulate mean dumb?

1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech: aphonic, dumb, mute, speechless, voiceless.

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