• IMMA
n. 1920s sl. – a marble
• IMMACIATED
adj. 1748 obs. – emaciated
• IMMACULABLE
adj. 1624 obs. rare – incapable of stain
• IMMACULATION
n. 1609 obs. rare – an immaculate condition
• IMMALICIOUS
adj. 1662 obs. rare – not malicious; having no evil intent
• IMMANACLE
vb. 1634 rare – to put manacles on; to handcuff; to fetter
• IMMANATION
n. a1834 rare – a flowing or entering in
• IMMANE
adj. 1. 1602 arch. – monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage
adj. 2. 1615 arch. – monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous
• IMMANELY
adv. 1612 arch. – hugely, monstrously, inhumanly
• IMMANIFEST
adj. 1646 rare – not manifest or evident
• IMMANITY
n. 1. 1557 obs. – monstrous cruelty; atrocious savagery
n. 2. 1604 obs. – hugeness; monstrosity, enormity
• IMMANSUETE
adj. 1656 obs. rare – ungentle, outrageous, wild, untractable
• IMMANUABLE
adj. 1608 obs. – unmanageable, incapable of being controlled
• IMMARCESCENCE
n. 1658 obs.- unfadingness, incorruptibleness
• IMMARCESCIBLE
adj. 1542 rare – unfading; incorruptible, imperishable
• IMMARTIAL
adj. c1611 obs. rare – not martial; unwarlike
• IMMASK
vb. 1596 obs. rare – to cover as with a mask; to disguise
• IMMATCHABLE
adj. 1596 obs.- that cannot be matched; unmatchable
• IMMATERIAL
adj. 1606 rare – flimsy, slight
• IMMATERIATE
adj. 1626 obs. – immaterial
• IMMATESTICLE
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern
• IMMATISTICAL
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern
• IMMATURE
adj. 1548 obs. or arch. – occurring before its time; untimely, premature
• IMMATURITY
n. c1540 obs. – prematureness; untimeliness
• IMMAZE
vb. 1631 obs. rare – to involve as in a maze or labyrinth
• IMMEATION
n. 1675 obs. rare – a passing in; entrance, ingoing
• IMMEDANTLY
adv. 1833 Sc. – immediately
• IMMEDIATE
adj. 1634 obs. rare – uninterrupted in course; direct
n. 1934 US prison sl. – an immediate release from prison
• IMMEDIATION
n. 1569 obs. – immediate or direct action, communication, etc.
• IMMEDICINABLE
adj. 1826 rare – not medicinable, incurable
• IMMEDIENT
adj. 1885 Sc. & Eng. dial. – immediate
• IMMEDIENTLY
adv. 1882 Sc. & Eng. dial. – immediately
• IMMEJITLY
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – immediately; shortly
• IMMEMOR
adj. 1535 Sc. obs. rare – unmindful, forgetful
• IMMEMORATE
adj. c1400 obs. – ?unmindful
• IMMEMORIOUS
adj. 1602 – unmindful, forgetful → obs.
• IMMENSE
adj. 1. 1762 sl. – superlatively good, fine, splendid
adv. 1. M18 sl. – splendidly, well
adv. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – exactly, precisely the thing required
n. 1956 Sc. – a large amount
• IMMENSIBLE
adj. 1579 obs. – immeasurable; immense
• IMMENSIKOFF
adj. L19 sl. – splendid, esp. as regards one’s dress
n. 1889 sl. – a fur-lined overcoat
• IMMENSIVE
adj. 1604 obs. – immeasurable, immense
• IMMENSURABILITY
n. 1678 – immeasurable quality or condition
• IMMENSURABLE
adj. 1535 – immeasurable
• IMMENSURABLENESS
n. 1675 – immeasurable quality or condition
• IMMENSURATE
adj. 1654 obs. – unmeasured, immense
• IMMERCURIAL
adj. 1637 obs. rare – not mercurial, mobile, or yielding
• IMMERD
vb. 1635 rare – to bury in or cover with ordure
• IMMERGE
vb. 1. 1611 rare – to plunge into a state of action or thought, way of living, etc.
vb. 2. 1624 rare – to dip, to plunge, to put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse
vb. 3. 1706 rare – to plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink
• IMMERGENCE
n. 1859 – the act of plunging or sinking into anything
• IMMERIT
n. 1628 – want of merit; demerit → obs.
• IMMERITED
adj. 1600 – unmerited, undeserved → obs.
• IMMERITING
adj. 1635 – undeserving → obs.
• IMMERITORIOUS
adj. 1642 – undeserving → obs.
• IMMERITORIOUSLY
adv. 1675 – undeservingly → obs.
• IMMERITOUS
adj. 1645 – undeserving, without merit → obs.
• IMMERSABLE
adj. 1676 – incapable of being drowned → obs.
• IMMERSEMENT
n. 1827 – a plunge, a plunging
• IMMERSIBLE
adj. 1693 – that cannot sink in water; that cannot be drowned → obs.
• IMMETHODED
adj. 1653 – having no method; unmethodical → obs.
• IMMEW
vb. 1600 – to mew or coop up; to keep in restraint or confinement → obs.
• IMMICK
n. 1. 1880 – the ant → Sc.
n. 2. 1914 – a person of diminutive stature; a fairy → Sc.
• IMMIE
n. 1913 – a playing marble; a choice marble made in imitation, as of an agate, etc. → Amer. dial.
• IMMIES
n. 1. 1940 – the eyes → US sl.
n. 2. 1940 – the game of marbles → US sl.
• IMMIGRATORY
adj. 1897 – pert. to immigration
• IMMIND
vb. 1647 – to put in mind; to remind → obs.
• IMMINISH
vb. 1. 1400 – to become less; to decrease → obs.
vb. 2. 1400 – to diminish; to belittle → obs.
• IMMINUTE
adj. 1681 – diminished, lessened → obs.
• IMMINUTION
n. 1590 – diminution, lessening, decrease → obs.
• IMMIRACULOUS
adj. 1880 – non-miraculous
• IMMIRE
vb. 1611 – to immerse in mire → obs.
• IMMIS
adj. 1. 1808 – of the weather or the atmosphere: variable, uncertain; dark, gloomy, misty; chill, having every appearance of rain → Sc.
adj. 2. 1825 – of an object: insecurely balanced, unsteady → Sc.
• IMMISCIBILITY
n. 1807 – incapacity of mixing
• IMMISCIBLE
adj. 1671 – that cannot be mixed; incapable of mixture
• IMMISERABLE
adj. 1623 – not to be pitied → obs.
n. ..19C – one whom nobody pities → obs.
• IMMISS
vb. 1647 – to put in, to insert, to inject, to infuse; to let in, to admit → obs.
• I’M MISSING
phr. 1990s – I’m leaving → sl.
• IMMISSION
n. 1578 – insertion, injection, admission, introduction; the opposite of ’emission’
• IMMISTION
n. 1658 – intimate mixture or mingling → obs.
• IMMIT
vb. 1578 – to put in, to insert, to inject, to infuse; to let in, to admit; the opposite of ’emit’ → obs.
• IMMIX
vb. 1. 1432 – to mix in with something else; to mix intimately, to mix up
vb. 2. 1593 – to involve or mix oneself up in or with something
• IMMIXABLE
adj. 1641 – incapable of being mixed → obs.
• IMMIXED
adj. 1659 – not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple → obs.
• IMMIXT
adj. 1622 – not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple → obs.
vb. 1432 – to mix in with something else; to mix intimately; to mix up → obs.
• IMMIXTION
n. 1653 – the act of mixing in → obs.
• IMMIXTURE
n. 1648 – the condition of being unmixed; freedom from mixture; purity, simplicity → obs.
• IMMO
adj. 1994 – imitation → US sl.
• IMMOBILITATE
vb. 1654 – to render incapable of movement → obs.
• IMMOCK
n. 1902 – the ant → Sc. (Bk.)
• IMMODELIZE
vb. 1649 – to model, to mould, to fashion → obs.
• IMMODERACY
n. 1682 – immoderateness, want of moderation, excess → obs.
• IMMODERANCY
n. 1646 – immoderateness, want of moderation, excess → obs.
• IMMODERATE
adj. 1. 1480 – without limits, boundless; very great → obs.
adj. 2. 1497 – unrestrained in feeling, passions, or conduct; intemperate → obs.
• IMMODERATIONS
n. 1614 – excesses; immoderate or intemperate acts → obs.
• IMMODISH
adj. 1649 – not according to the mode; unfashionable → obs.
• IMMODULATE
vb. 1623 – to do a thing without due proportion; to be inharmonious → obs.
• IMMOISTURE
vb. 1523 – to moisten → obs.
• IMMOLATE
adj. 1534 – sacrificed, immolated → obs.
vb. 1. 1548 – to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a victim
vb. 2. 1634 – to give up to destruction or to severe suffering or loss for the sake of something else; to ‘sacrifice’
• IMMOLATION
n. 1. 1534 – the act of offering in sacrifice; sacrificial slaughter of a victim
n. 2. 1589 – a sacrificial victim, a sacrifice
n. 3. 1690 – devotion to destruction or severe loss for the sake of something else
• IMMOLE
vb. 1609 – to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice → obs.
• IMMOMENT
adj. 1606 – of no moment; unimportant; trifling → obs.
• IMMOMENTARY
adj. 1662 – of no moment; unimportant → obs.
• IMMOMENTOUS
adj. 1726 – of no moment; unimportant
• IMMONARCHIZE
vb. 1679 – to confer monarchy upon; to make into a monarch → obs.
• IMMONASTERED
adj. 1622 – shut up in a monastery → obs.
• IMMORATION
n. 1640 – the act of resting or dwelling on something; tarrying → obs.
• IMMORIGEROUS
adj. 1623 – unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude → obs.
• IMMORIGEROUSNESS
n. 1649 – uncomplying obstinacy → obs.
• IMMORTAL
adj. 1. 1540 – superhuman, inhuman, excessive → obs.
adj. 2. .M19 – wonderful, excellent → US sl.
n. 1947 – in stud poker: any hand that is certain to win; the best possible hand → US sl.
• IMMORTALIZATE
vb. 1566 – to immortalize, to render immortal → obs.
• IMMORTALLY
adv. L19 – infinitely, superlatively → US sl.
• IMMORTALS
n. 1882 – people, especially authors, of enduring fame
• IMMORTGAGE
vb. 1575 – to mortgage → obs.
• IMMOTABLE
adj. 1577 – immovable → → obs.
• IMMOTE
adj. 1601 – unmoved (lit. and fig.) → → obs.
vb. 1420 – to convey or put upon something; to place upon → → obs.
• IMMOTILE
adj. 1872 – incapable of movement
• IMMOTION
n. 1706 – ? impulse → → obs.
• IMMOTIONED
adj. 1821 – motionless
• IMMOTIVE
adj. 1627 – incapable of movement
• IMMOVED
adj. 1600 – unmoved, motionless; unaltered → poetic usage, obs.
• IMMUD
vb. 1644 – to enclose or bury in mud → obs.
• IMMUND
adj. 1621 – unclean, impure; filthy, foul
• IMMUNDICITY
n. 1559 – uncleanness, impurity; filthiness → obs.
• IMMUNDIFIED
adj. 1597 – uncleansed → obs.
• IMMUNDITY
n. 1870 – uncleanness, filthiness, impurity
• IMMUNE
adj. 1420 – free from liability; exempt → obs.
• IMMUNITY
n. 1583 – freedom from ordinary restraints; undue freedom, license → obs.
• IMMURAL
vb. 1662 – to wall in → obs.
• IMMURATE
adj. 1593 – immured; enclosed in walls or as in walls; imprisoned, confined → obs.
• IMMURE
n. 1606 – something that immures; a wall → obs.
vb. 1. 1583 – to enclose, to encompass, to encircle, to surround; to shut in, to confine
vb. 2. 1588 – to shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress
vb. 3. 1598 – to wall in, to surround with a wall or walls; to fortify → obs.
vb. 4. 1616 – to shut off, to exclude, to seclude from → obs.
• IMMUSICAL
adj. 1626 – not musical or harmonious; unmusical
• IMMUTATE
adj. 1788 – unchanged
• IMMUTATION
n. 1540 – change, alteration, transformation → obs.
• IMMUTE
adj. 1639 – unchanged → obs.
vb. 1613 – to produce a change in; to change, to alter, to transform → obs.
• IMMUTILATE
adj. 1890 – unmutilated, without mutilation
• IMMY
n. 1913 – a playing marble; a choice marble made in imitation, as of an agate, etc. → Amer. dial.
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