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See Indigo blue, under Indigo.

Same as Urrhodin.

A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.

Not dilatory. [Obs.]

Want of diligence. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] Feltham. -- In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Incapable of being diminished. [R.] Milton.

A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly. To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. A. Smith. Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. Shak.

The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.

Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible. Secret and indiscernible ways. Jer. Taylor. -- In`dis*cern"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`dis*cern"i*bly, adv.

The state or quality of being indiscerpible. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Not discerpible; inseparable. [Obs.] Bp. Butler. -- In`dis*cerp"i*ble*ness, n., In`dis*cerp"ti*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- In`dis*cerp"ti*bly, adv. [Obs.]

Not disciplinable; undisciplinable. [R.]

Want of discipline or instruction. [R.]