• IMPUBERAL
adj. 1836 rare – not come to puberty or maturity; immature, young as a child
• IMPUBERATE
adj. 1880 rare – not come to puberty or maturity; immature, young as a child
• IMPUBIC
adj. 1876 rare – not come to puberty or maturity; immature, young as a child
• IMPUBLIC
vb. 1628 obs. rare – to make public; to publish
• IMPUDENCE
n. 1. c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – shamelessness; immodesty, indecency, indelicacy
n. 2. M18 sl. – the penis
• IMPUDENCY
n. 1. 1529 rare – impudence, shameless effrontery, insolent disrespect, insolence
n. 2. 1548 rare – shamelessness, immodesty, indelicacy
n. 3. c1610 obs. – freedom from shamefastness; cool confidence
• IMPUDENT
adj. 1. c1386 obs. – wanting in shame or modesty; shameless, unblushing, immodest; indelicate
adj. 2. E17 Brit. sl. – impotent
n. 1586 – a person of unblushing effrontery or insolence
• IMPUDENTNESS
n. 1599 rare – impudence
• IMPUDENT STEALER
n. c1700 UK criminals’ sl. – one who cuts out the back of a coach and takes things out of it
• IMPUDENT STEALING
n. Bk1796 sl. – ‘cutting out the backs of coaches and robbing the seats’
• IMPUDICITY
n. 1528 – shamelessness, immodesty
► IMPUDICOUS adj. immodest, indecent, indelicate → 1657 obs.
• IMPUGN
vb. 1. 1377 rare – to find fault with, to accuse
vb. 2. 1382 obs. – to fight against; to attack, to assail, to assault
vb. 3. 1577 obs. – to fight in resistance against; to withstand, to resist, to oppose
• IMPUGNABILITY
n. 1837 – absolute certainty
• IMPUGNABLE
adj. 1. 1570 obs. – that cannot be assailed or overcome
adj. 2. 1823 rare – subjected to query
• IMPUGNANCE
n. 1600 obs. rare – raising of doubts, uncertainty, doubt, hesitation
• IMPUGNANT
adj. 1579 obs. rare – opposing, opposed
• IMPUGNATION
n. 1. 1398 obs. – the act of attacking or assaulting a person; esp. spiritual assault, temptation
n. 2. 1502 obs. – an impugning an opinion, etc.; calling in question, disputing
• IMPUGNATOR
n. 1678 obs. rare – one who raises doubts; one who blames
• IMPUGNER
n. 1539 – one who impugns or assails
• IMPUISSANCE
n. 1. 1483 – impotence, powerlessness, weakness, utter inability
n. 2. 1667 obs. – lack of self-control
• IMPUISSANCY
n. 1701 obs. rare – lack of power or authority, powerlessness
• IMPUISSANT
adj. 1629 – weak, feeble, impotent, powerless
• IMPULSE
vb. 1611 rare – to give an impulse to; to impel; to instigate
• IMPULSION
n. 1631 obs. – an attack, an assault
• IMPULSIVITY
n. 1891 – a being impulsive or acting on impulse, without reflection or forethought; impulsiveness
• IMPULSOR
n. 1653 obs. – one who impels; that which impels
• IMPULSORY
adj. 1659 rare – that tends to impel or force onward; inciting, instigating
• IMPULVERABLE
adj. a1691 obs. rare – incapable of being pulverized
• IMPUNCTION
n. 1712 obs. rare – making holes by pricking or piercing with a sharp-pointed instrument
• IMPUNCTUAL
adj. a1804 – not punctual, behind time
• IMPUNE
adj. 1614 obs. – unpunished; enjoying impunity
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – impunity
• IMPUNELY
adv. 1614 obs. – with impunity; without punishment
• IMPUNIBLE
adj. 1660 rare – unpunishable, free from punishment
• IMPUNIBLY
adv. 1743 rare – without punishment, with impunity
• IMPUNITIVE
adj. 1938 – adopting an attitude of resignation towards frustration; characterized by blaming neither oneself nor others unreasonably
• IMPUNITY
n. 1. 1532 – exemption from punishment or penalty
n. 2. 1800 – exemption from injury or loss as a consequence of any action; security
• IMPURATION
n. 1614 obs. rare – the act of making impure; pollution
• IMPURE
n. 1784 – an unchaste or lewd person; a harlot, a prostitute
vb. 1597 obs. – to render impure; to defile
• IMPURENCE
n. 1766 – impudence
• IMPURENT
adj. 1771 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare – insolently disrespectful; shamelessly forward; impertinent, impudent, rude, prone to take liberties
• IMPURIFY
vb. 1693 obs. rare – to render impure; to defile
• IMPURPURE
vb. 1552 Sc. obs. – to make purple
• IMPUTABILITY
n. 1771 – a being imputable
• IMPUTABLE
adj. 1660 obs. – open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable
• IMPUTARIAN
n. 1668 obs. rare – one who holds the theological doctrine of imputed righteousness
• IMPUTATION
n. a1586 – an attributing something, usually a fault, crime, etc., to a person; a being charged with a crime, fault, etc.
• IMPUTATIVE
adj. 1824 – involved in accusing; given to making imputations
• IMPUTE
n. 1649 obs. rare – an accusation, charge
vb. 1. 1532 obs. – to take into account, to consider, to regard
vb. 2. c1540 obs. rare – to convict, to condemn, to sentence
vb. 3. 1594 obs. – to give information
vb. 4. 1596 – to accuse of, to charge with
• IMPUTRESCIBILITY
n. 1727 – a being incorruptible; insusceptibility to decay
• IMPUTRESCIBLE
adj. 1656 – not subject to putrefaction or decay
• IMPUTRIBLE
adj. 1430 obs. – not liable to rot or decay
• IMPUTRID
adj. 1684 obs. – not putrid; applied to a fever
• IMPY
adj. 1845 rare – impish, mischievous
• IMRIGH
n. 1824 Sc. – the scent of roasted meat
• IMRY
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – the scent of roasted meat
• I’M SAYING DOE
phr. 2000s African-American sl. – a phrase of agreement, affirmation
• IMSE
vb. 1880 Sc. – to bestir oneself in order to complete a piece of work; to work with speed
• IMSED
adj. 1880 Sc. – agitated, flurried
• I’M SERIOUS!
int. 1981 US sl. – used for expressing strong agreement with what has just been said
• IMSHEE
int. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – go away!
vb. 1. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – to go away, to vanish
vb. 2. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – to hurry someone along
• IMSHI
vb. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – to go away, to vanish
int. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – go away!
• IMSHY
vb. 1910s sl., orig. military usage – to go away, to vanish
• I’M SIDEWAYS
phr. 1993 US sl. – used as a farewell
• I’M SO (FRISKY)
n. L19 rhyming sl. – whisky
• I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A GALAH AND BARK SANDWICH
phr.Bk1999 Aust. sl. – very hungry
• I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A GOANNA BETWEEN TWO SLABS OF BARK
phr.Bk1999 Aust. sl. – very hungry
• I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A HORSE AND CHASE THE RIDER
phr.Bk1999 Aust. sl. – absolutely famished
• I’M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A SHIT SANDWICH – ONLY I DON’T LIKE BREAD
phr. 1950s Aust. sl. – implies the intensity of one’s hunger
• I’M SO SURE!
int. 1982 US sl. – used for expressing great doubt
• I’M STRAIGHT
phr. 2000s US teen sl. –I’m fine
• I’M SUGARED!
int. 1901 sl. – I’m astonished
• I’M SURE!
int. 1982 US sl. – used for expressing great doubt
• I’M SURE I DON’T KNOW
phr. M19 sl. – used assertively, i.e. to add emphasis to one’s earlier statement
• I’M TALKING TO THE BUTCHER, NOT THE BLOCK
phr. 20C sl. – used dismissively to put a stop to an intervention by someone the speaker does not consider worthy of an audience
• I’M THERE!
int. 1977 US sl. – I agree! I approve!
phr. 1970s US college sl. – an expression of support
• I-MUNE
vb. 971 obs. – to bear in mind, to remember
• I-MUNTE
vb. c1000 obs. – to intend, to determine
• I’M UP STREAM WITH THE TROUT
phr. Bk1998 NZ sl. – indication of intended imminent departure, with a caution not to enquire where
• I MUST BREAK YOU
phr. 1990s African-American teen sl. – used to threaten an opponent or rival
• I’M WILLING
n. 20C rhyming sl. – a shilling
• IMY
adj. 1866 Sc. – sooty
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