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HORTICULTURE n.
The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
HORTICULTURIST n.
One who practices horticulture.
ILL-NATURED a. 3 definitions
Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
ILL-NURTURED a.
Ill-bred. Shak.
ILLITERATURE n.
Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.
IMBOSTURE n.
Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
IMMATURE a. 2 definitions
Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." Bacon.
IMMATURED a.
Immature.
IMMATURELY adv.
In an immature manner. Warburion.
IMMATURENESS n.
The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.
IMMATURITY n.
The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.
IMMIXTURE n.
Freedom from mixture; purity. [R.] W. Montagu.
IMPASTURE v.
To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] T. Adams.
IMPERTURBABILITY n.
The state or quality of being imperturbable. [1913 Webster]
IMPERTURBABLE a.
Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.
IMPERTURBABLY adv.
In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté.
IMPERTURBATION n.
Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu.
IMPERTURBED a.
Not perturbed.
IMPICTURED a.
Pictured; impressed. [Obs.] Spenser.
IMPOSTURAGE n.
Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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