Ĭn'ar-tĭc'ū-late, a.

a. [Prefix in, not, and articulate; Lat. inarticulatus, It. inarticolato, Sp. inarticulado, Fr. inarticulé.]

1. Not uttered with articulation or jointing of sounds as in speech; not articulate; not distinct, or with distinction of syllables; as, the sounds of brutes and fools are, for the most part, inarticulate.
2. (Zoöl.) Not jointed or articulated. Dana.
3. Incapable of articulating. [Rare.] “The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.” H. Walpole.