• I’M NOT AS THINK AS YOU DRUNK I AM
adj. Bk2009 sl. – drunk
• I’M NOT CRYING
phr. 1960s African-American sl. – used to respond to a greeting, such as ‘how are you?, ‘how are things?’
• I’M NOT SO SOFT AS I’M CABBAGE-LOOKING
phr. L19 sl. – don’t take me for a fool, I may look stupid but I’m not
• I’M NOT YOUR BUM BOY
phr. Bk1998 NZ sl. – I am not your servant
• IMO
adj. 1940s African-American & college sl. – imitation, counterfeit
• IMOK
n. Bk1902 Sc. – the ant
• IMOST
adj. 1887 Sc. – unwilling, reluctant, hindering
• I’M OUT
phr. 1990s US teen sl. – I’m leaving
• I’M OUTTIE
phr. 1990s US teen sl. – I’m leaving
• IMP
n. 1. c897 obs. – a young shoot of a plant or tree; a sapling
n. 2. c1412 obs. – offspring, child, usually male
n. 3. 1526 – a wicked person; a petty fiend or evil spirit
n. 4. 1579 obs. – a young man, a youth; a fellow, a man, a boy
n. 5. 1771 sl. – a mischievous brat; orig. a child
n. 6. 1879 UK burglars’ sl. – an impression, esp. in wax, of a key, usually of a house-key
n. 7. 1961 US sl. – a Chrysler Imperial car
n. 8. 1967 Amer. dial. – a playing marble; a choice marble made in imitation, as of an agate, etc.
vb. 1. 1612-15 – to ‘engraft’, as by marriage, in a family
vb. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – to deprive of, to rob
vb. 3. 1911 Amer. dial. – to imitate
• IMPACABILITY
n. 1602 obs. – implacability
• IMPACABLE
adj. 1571 obs. – that cannot be pacified or appeased; implacable
• IMPACIFIC
adj. a1653 obs. – not peaceful; restless
• IMPACK
vb. 1611 rare – to pack in; to press closely together in a mass; to pack up
• IMPACT ZONE
n. 2003 S. Afr. surfing sl. – an area where the waves are breaking
• IMPAIRABLE
adj. a1665 rare – capable of being impaired
• IMPAIRED
adj. 1951 sl. – drunk
• IMPALATABLE
adj. 1787 obs. rare – unpalatable
• IMPALATION
n. 1744 obs. rare – the torture or punishment of impaling
• IMPALE
vb. 1. 1553 obs. or arch. – to surround for adornment; to encircle, as with a crown or garland; to border, to edge with decoration
vb. 2. 1647 obs. – to place side by side for comparison, or as being equal in dignity
vb. 3. Bk1896 sl. – to possess a woman
• IMPALLID
vb. 1661 obs. rare – to render pallid or pale
• IMPALM
vb. 1611 rare – to grasp or take in the palm of the hand
• IMPALPABLE
adj. 1774- incapable of being readily grasped or apprehended by the mind; producing no definite mental impression; not easily comprehended
• IMPANATE
adj. 1550 – contained or embodied in bread
vb. 1847 rare – to embody in bread
• IMPANE
vb. 1547 obs. – to embody in bread
• IMPAPASE
vb. 1563-87 obs. – to raise to the papacy; to make Pope
• IMPAQUET
vb. 1699 obs. – to enclose in a packet
• IMPAR
adj. 1. c1430 obs. – of a number: uneven, odd
adj. 2. 1535 obs. – unequal; unequally matched
n. 1697 obs. – a thing unequal to another
• IMPARALLEL
adj. 1641 obs. – unparalleled
n. 1661 obs. – a thing unparalleled
• IMPARALLELED
adj. 1604 obs. – matchless, unparalleled
• IMPARDONABLE
adj. 1523 obs. – not to be pardoned, unpardonable
• IMPAREL
vb. 1556 obs. – to apparel
• IMPARFIT
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – faulty; vicious
• IMPARITY
n. 1. 1563 now rare or obs. – the quality or condition of being unequal; inequality; disparity
n. 2. 1608 obs. – the quality of being unlike; difference in nature or character; dissimilarity
n. 3. 1646 obs. – of numbers: the quality of not being divisible into two equal parts; unevenness; an uneven or odd number
• IMPARL
vb. 1. 1579-80 obs. – to speak together or with another upon a matter; to confer, to consult, to parley
vb. 2. 1600 obs. rare – to talk over; to discuss
• IMPARLANCE
n. 1579-80 obs. – the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying
• IMPARLEE
n. 1565 obs. rare – the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying
• IMPARLEMENT
n. 1450-80 obs. rare – the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying
• IMPARLING
n. 1450-80 obs. – conference, parleying
• IMPART
vb. 1. 1545 obs. – to give a share of something to each of a number of persons; to distribute, to divide, to deal out
vb. 2. 1581 obs. – to have or get a share of; to share, to partake
• IMPARTABLE
adj. 1653 rare – communicable
• IMPARTANCE
n. 1811 rare – communication
• IMPARTIAL
adj. a1716 obs. rare – not partial or fragmentary; entire, complete
• IMPARTIALITY
n. a1716 obs. rare – completeness
• IMPARTITE
adj. 1862 rare – not divided into parts, undivided
• IMPASSIBLE
adj. 1508 obs. rare – not to be endured; insufferable
• IMPASSIONATE
adj. 1. 1590 rare – impassioned
adj. 2. 1621 rare – free from, or not governed by passion; calm, dispassionate
vb. 1. 1639 obs. – to be or become impassionate
vb. 2. a1641 – to fill or inflame with passion; to excite deeply or strongly
• IMPASSIONMENT
n. 1837 rare – the fact of being impassioned; the act of impassioning
• IMPATIBLE
adj. 1. 1541 obs. – incapable of suffering, or of sustaining injury
adj. 2. 1623 obs. – intolerable
• IMPATIENCY
n. 1526 obs. – impatience
• IMPATIENTED
adj. 1654-66 obs. – awaited with impatience
• IMPATIENTNESS
n. 1550 obs. rare – impatience
• IMPATRIOTIC
adj. 1805 obs. rare – unpatriotic
• IMPATRIOTISM
n. 1805 obs. rare – want of patriotism
• IMPATRON
vb. 1642 obs. rare – to put in possession of; to take possession; to make oneself master of
• IMPATRONAGE
vb. 1652 obs. rare – to put under a person’s patronage; to dedicate
• IMPATRONIZE
vb. 1. 1577 obs. – to put in possession of; to take possession, to make oneself master of
vb. 2. 1629 obs. – to patronize, to favour
• IMPAVE
vb. 1833 rare – to pave in; to set in a pavement
• IMPAVID
adj. 1857 rare – fearless, undaunted
• IMPAVIDITY
n. 1604 rare – fearlessness
• IMPAVIDLY
adv. 1849 rare – fearlessly
• IMPAY
vb. 1594 obs. – to pay to the full what has been expended, to reimburse, to recoup
• IMPAYABLE
adj. a1340 obs. – implacable, unappeasable
• IMPEACH
n. 1. 1551 obs. – hindrance, impediment, prevention
n. 2. 1575 obs. – injury, damage, detriment
vb. 1. c1380 obs. – to impede, to hinder, to prevent
vb. 2. 1484 obs. – to embarrass or trouble oneself
vb. 3. 1563 obs. – to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair
vb. 4. 1586 obs. – to hinder access to; to blockade
• IMPEACHMENT
n. 1. 1432 obs. – hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle
n. 2. 1548 obs. – detriment, impairment, injury, damage
• IMPECCANCE
n. 1677 obs. – sinlessness, inerrancy
• IMPECCANCY
n. 1614 – sinlessness; inerrancy
• IMPECCANT
adj. a1763 – not sinning; sinless; unerring
• IMPEDIBILITY
n. 1677 obs. – liability to be impeded
• IMPEDIBLE
adj. 1655 obs. – that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered
• IMPEDIENT
adj. 1596 – obstructive, hindering, impeding
• IMPEDIMENT
n. 1542 obs. – something that impedes the functions or health of the body; a physical defect; an affection or malady
vb. 1610 obs. – to put an impediment or obstruction in the way of; to obstruct
• IMPEDIMENTA
n. 1600- things which impede or encumber progress; baggage; travelling equipment
• IMPEDIMENTAL
adj. 1654 – of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding
• IMPEDIMENTARY
adj. 1888 – of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding
• IMPEDITE
adj. 1544 obs. – impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective
vb. c1535 now rare or obs. – to impede
• IMPEDITION
n. 1623 obs. – the act of impeding; hindering
• IMPEDITIVE
adj. 1651 – tending to impede or obstruct; obstructive
• IMPEEVISH
vb. 1664 obs. rare – to render peevish
• IMPEND
vb. 1. c1486 obs. – to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow
vb. 2. 1599 – of evil or danger: to hang threateningly or hover over as about to fall
vb. 3. 1674 – to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand
vb. 4. 1780 – to hang or be suspended over; to overhang
• IMPENDENCE
n. 1657 – menacing attitude; imminence
• IMPENDENCY
n. a1632 – imminence; threatening or menacing character
• IMPENDENT
adj. 1. a1592 – of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand → rare
adj. 2. 1611 – overhanging → rare
• IMPENDIOUS
adj. 1623 – lavish, extravagant, over-liberal; spending more than is needed → obs.
• IMPENDIOUSNESS
n. 1727 – liberality, extravagant spending → obs. rare
• IMPENITENT
adj. 1532 – having no contrition or sorrow for sin; unrepentant
n. 1532 – an unrepentant person
• IMPENITIBLE
adj. a1631 – incapable of repentance → obs.
• IMPENITIBLENESS
n. a1614 obs. – impenitence
• IMPENSE
vb. 1797-1803 obs. rare – to weigh on, to affect
• IMPENSELY
adv. 1657 obs. – exceedingly, greatly
• IMPENSIBLE
adj. 1623 obs. rare – without reward, gratis
• IMPENSIVELY
adv. 1620 obs. – exceedingly, greatly, immensely
• IMPENT
adj. 1633 obs. – pent in; shut in a pen or fold; enclosed; confined
• IMPER
n. 1958 Sc. – a low sound, a murmur, a cursory remark; generally with negative
vb. 1. 1899 Sc. – to be bold or impudent
vb. 2. 1908 Sc. – to hint at, to venture
vb. 3. 1908 Sc. – to make a slight cursory remark, to murmur, to make a low sound; generally with negative
• IMPERANCE
n. 1. 1595 obs. – commanding quality, commandingness
n. 2. 1766 sl. – an impudent person
n. 3. 1766 sl. – impertinence; impudence
• IMPERANT
adj. 1. 1617 – commanding, ruling
adj. 2. 1771 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare – insolently disrespectful; shamelessly forward; impertinent, impudent, rude, prone to take liberties
• IMPERATE
adj. 1. c1470 obs. – commanded, ruled
adj. 2. 1624 obs. – dependent upon will
vb. 1599 obs. – to command, to rule, to govern
• IMPERATION
n. 1786-9 rare – the act of commanding
• IMPERATIVENESS
n. 1840 – commanding quality; authoritativeness
• IMPERATOR
n. 1588 – absolute ruler, emperor; commander, ruler
• IMPERATORIAL
adj. 1. 1660 – pert. to or befitting an emperor or commander; imperial
adj. 2. 1690 obs. – pert. to absolute command
• IMPERATORIAN
adj. 1640 obs. – pert. to or befitting an emperor or commander; imperial
• IMPERATORIOUS
adj. 1625 obs. – pert. to or befitting an emperor or commander; imperial
• IMPERATORIOUSLY
adv. 1620 obs. – as a commander or general
• IMPERATORY
adj. 1616 obs. – pert. to or befitting an emperor or commander; imperial
• IMPERATRICE
n. c1460 obs. – an empress
• IMPERATRIX
n. 1623 obs. – an empress
• IMPERCEIVABLE
adj. a1617 rare – imperceptible
• IMPERCEIVED
adj. 1624 obs. rare – not perceived or discerned
• IMPERCEIVERANT
adj. 1611 obs. – not perceiving; void of perception, undiscerning
• IMPERCIPIENCE
n. 1891 – lack of perception
• IMPERCIPIENT
adj. 1813 – not perceiving; lacking perception
• IMPERDIBILITY
n. 1713 obs. rare – indestructibility
• IMPERDIBLE
adj. 1661 obs. rare – not capable of being lost or destroyed
• IMPERE
n. 1548 Sc. obs. rare – a command, an order
• IMPERENCE
n. 1837 Sc. & Eng. dial. – impudence
• IMPERENT
adj. 1771 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare – insolently disrespectful; shamelessly forward; impertinent, impudent, rude, prone to take liberties
• IMPERFECT
adj. 1377 obs. – positively faulty, vicious, evil
vb. 1555 obs. – to render imperfect; to destroy the perfection of
• IMPERFECTED
adj. 1552 obs. – not perfected; incomplete, imperfect
• IMPERFECTIBLE
adj. 1869 – incapable of being made perfect
► IMPERFECTIOUS adj. characterized by imperfection, full of fault or shortcomings → 1594 obs.
• IMPERFECTIVE
adj. a1677 obs. – characterized by imperfection; imperfect
n. 1601 obs. – an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish
• IMPERIAL
adj. 1861 sl. – in sporting; said of a fall on one’s head or ‘crown’
n. 1. 1794 – a case or trunk for luggage, fitted on, or adapted for, the roof of a coach or carriage; also, the roof or top of a carriage itself
n. 2. 1856 – a small part of the beard left growing below the lower lip: so called because the Emperor Napoleon III wore his beard in this way
• IMPERIALITY
n. 1. 1534 obs. – imperial rank, power, or authority
n. 2. 1870 – a humorous title for an emperor or imperial personage
• IMPERIALIZE
vb. 1. 1634 obs. – to act imperially, to act the part of an emperor or absolute ruler
vb. 2. 1805 – to render imperial; to belong to an empire or an imperial policy
• IMPERIAL POP
n. L19 sl. – ginger beer
• IMPERIALTY
n. 1. 1600 obs. – imperial state or government, empire
n. 2. 1799 rare – an imperial right or privilege; a tax levied by an emperor or empress
• IMPERIBLE
adj. 1614 obs. rare – imperishable
• IMPERILLOUS
adj. 1645 obs. rare – ? perilous, dangerous
• IMPERIOSITY
n. 1654 obs. rare – imperiousness, arrogance
• IMPERIOUS
adj. 1. c1586 obs. – having the rank of or befitting an emperor or supreme ruler
adj. 2. 1592 obs. – exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately
adj. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – impetuous
• IMPERIOUSNESS
n. 1574 obs. – imperial character or dignity; absolute rule or sovereignty; empire
• IMPERISH
vb. 1494 obs. – to impair, to injure, to make worse
• IMPERITE
adj. 1708 obs. – unskilled, ignorant
n. 1622 obs. – an unskilled or ignorant person
• IMPERITELY
adv. 1657 obs. – ignorantly
• IMPERIUM
n. 1651 – command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power
• IMPERMIXT
adj. 1629 obs. – unmixed, unmingled
• IMPERMIXTLY
adv. 1677 obs. – unmixedly, without mixture
• IMPERMUTABLE
adj. 1528 obs. – unchangeable
• IMPERSCRIPTIBLE
adj. 1832 – for which no written authority can be adduced; unrecorded
• IMPERSCRUTABLE
adj. 1526 obs. – not to be searched out; unsearchable, inscrutable, unintelligible, incomprehensible
• IMPERSEVERANT
adj. 1594 obs. – not persevering, wanting in perseverance
• IMPERSOME
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – impertinent, impudent
• IMPERSONATE
vb. 1633 obs. – to invest with an actual personality; to embody
• IMPERSONATRESS
n. 1881 – a female impersonator
• IMPERSONATRIX
n. 1847 – a female impersonator
• IMPERSONIFY
vb. 1804 rare – to represent in personal form; to impersonate
• IMPERSONIZATION
n. 1796 rare – impersonation
• IMPERSONIZE
vb. 1804 rare – to personify, to impersonate
• IMPERSPICABLE
adj. 1665 obs. rare – that cannot be seen or discerned; invisible
• IMPERSPICUOUS
adj. 1721 rare – not perspicuous or clear; obscure
• IMPERSPIRABLE
adj. 1684 – incapable of perspiration
• IMPERSUASIBLE
adj. 1576 obs. – that cannot be persuaded, inflexible
• IMPERT
adj. 1889 Eng. dial. – pert, impertinent, impudent
• IMPERTINENCE
n. 1754 – an impertinent or insolent person
• IMPERTINENCES
n. 1603 – something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly
• IMPERTINENT
adj. 1. 1594 obs. – unsuitable, unfitted for
adj. 2. 1639 obs. – of persons: absurd, silly
n. 1. 1628 obs. – an irrelevant matter
n. 2. 1635 – a meddlesome, presumptuous, or insolent person; one who does or says that which he has no business to do or say, and which is considered a piece of presumption or insolence
• IMPERTINENTLY
adv. 1. 1614 obs. – to no purpose, with no effect
adv. 2. 1640 obs. – inappropriately, incongruously, in a way contrary to reason, good sense, or propriety; improperly, unbecomingly
• IMPERTRANSIBLE
adj. 1677 obs. – that cannot be passed through or crossed
• IMPERVERSE
vb. 1603 obs. rare – to render perverse
• IMPERVERTIBLE
adj. 1850 – incapable of being perverted
• IMPERVESTIGABLE
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that cannot be thoroughly investigated or found out; unintelligible; incomprehensible
• IMPERVIAL
adj. 1618 obs. rare – impervious; impenetrable
• IMPERY
n. 1. a1300 obs. – imperial or supreme rule or authority; command, dominion, sovereignty
n. 2. 1538 obs. – an empire
• IMPESTER
vb. 1601 obs. – to entangle, to embarrass, to encumber
• IMPESTERMENT
n. 1652 obs. – an entanglement, embarrassment, encumbrance
• IMPET
n. 1. c1440 obs. rare – impetus
n. 2. 1893 Eng. dial. – an imp, a child
• IMPETRABLE
adj. 1. 1599 obs. – capable of obtaining or effecting something, successful
adj. 2. 1616 obs. – that may be obtained
• IMPETRANT
adj. 1624 obs. – that impetrates or obtains
• IMPETRATE
adj. 1528 obs. – obtained by request, esp. by application to an authority
vb. 1. 1533-4 – to obtain by request or entreaty; to procure
vb. 2. c1565 rare – to entreat, to request, to beseech, to ask for
• IMPETRATION
n. 1. 1518 – the act of obtaining or procuring by request or entreaty
n. 2. 1618 – petition, entreaty, supplication, request
• IMPETRATIVE
adj. 1612-15 obs. – having the quality of obtaining by or as by request
• IMPETRATORY
adj. 1612-15 – having the quality of obtaining by or as by request
• IMPETRE
vb. c1374 obs. – to entreat, to request, to beseech, to ask for
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