Defn: Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
INOFFICIOUS In`of*fi"cious, a. Etym: [L. inofficiosus: cf. F.inofficieux. See In- not, and Officious.]
1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. B. Jonson.
2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [Obs.] Jonhson.
3. (Law)
Defn: Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; — commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. "The inofficious testament." Blackstone. "An inofficious disposition of his fortune." Paley.
INOFFICIOUSLY
In`of*fi"cious*ly, adv.
Defn: Not-officiously.
INOGEN
In"o*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.