Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 19
Impropriation (n.) (Eng. Eccl. Law) 移交俗人保管 The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.
Impropriation (n.) (Eng. Eccl. Law) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.
Impropriation (n.), Eccl. law. The act, of employing the revenues of a church living to one's own use; it is also a parsonage or ecclesiastical living in the hands of a layman, or which descends by inheritance. Tech. Dict. h.t.
Impropriator (n.) 接收教會財產之俗人 One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.
-trixes (n. pl. ) of Impropriatrix
-trices (n. pl. ) of Impropriatrix
Impropriatrix (n.) A female impropriator.
Improprieties (n. pl. ) of Impropriety
Impropriety (n.) 不合適；不合標準，不正確；不合適的舉動（語言等 The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.
Impropriety (n.) That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.
But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. -- Johnson.
Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. -- Swift.
Impropriety (n.) An improper demeanor [syn: {impropriety}, {improperness}] [ant: {correctitude}, {properness}, {propriety}].
Impropriety (n.) The condition of being improper.
Impropriety (n.) An indecent or improper act [syn: {indecency}, {impropriety}].
Impropriety (n.) An act of undue intimacy [syn: {familiarity}, {impropriety}, {indecorum}, {liberty}].
Improsperity (n.) Lack of prosperity. [Obs.]
Improsperous (a.) Not prosperous. [Obs.] -- Dryden. -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Im*pros"per*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.]
Improvability (n.) 可改進 The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
Improvable (a.) 可改良的；可改善的 Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.
Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. -- Sir M. Hale.
I have a fine spread of improvable lands. -- Addison.
Improvable (a.) Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.
The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. -- Sir T Browne. -- {Im*pro"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prov"a*bly}, adv.
Improvable (a.) Susceptible of improvement.
Improve (v. t.) 改進，改善；增進；提高（土地，地產）的價值 To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. -- Donne.
I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. -- Denham.
Improve (v. t.) To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. -- Shak.
We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. -- Barrow.
A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. -- Addison.
The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity. -- Blackstone.
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. -- I. Watts.
Those moments were diligently improved. -- Gibbon.
True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. -- Washington.
Improve (v. t.) To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. -- Bp. Porteus.
Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
Improve (v. t.) To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]
Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can not improve. -- Tyndale.
Improve (v. t.) To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing. -- Tyndale.
Improved (imp. & p. p.) of Improve
Improving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improve
Improve (v. i.) 改善，變得更好；增加，提高 To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. -- Atterbury.
Improve (v. i.) To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse. "Domitian improved in cruelty." -- Milner.
Improve (v. i.) To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.
{To improve on} or {To improve upon}, To make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
Improve (v.) To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: {better}, {improve}, {amend}, {ameliorate}, {meliorate}] [ant: {aggravate}, {exacerbate}, {exasperate}, {worsen}].
Improve (v.) Get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: {better}, {improve}, {ameliorate}, {meliorate}] [ant: {decline}, {worsen}].
Improvement (n.) 改進，改善；增進 [U] [C] [（+in）]；改進處，改善處 [C] The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. -- South.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. -- Blair.
Improvement (n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A good improvement of his reason." -- S. Clarke.
I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. -- Tillotson.
Improvement (n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet. -- Addison.
Improvement (n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays. -- Addison.
Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. -- South.
Improvement (n.) pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises; as, to convey the land together with all improvements.
Improvement (n.) (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. -- Kent.
Improvement (n.) A change for the better; progress in development [syn: {improvement}, {betterment}, {advance}].
Improvement (n.) The act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property".
Improvement (n.) A condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" [syn: {improvement}, {melioration}] [ant: {declination}, {decline}]
Improvement (n.) Rights. An addition of some useful thing to a machine, manufacture or composition of matter.
Improvement (n.) The patent law of July 4, 1836, authorizes the granting of a patent for any new and useful improvement on any art, machine manufacture or composition of matter. Sect. 6. It is often very difficult to say what is a new and useful improvement, the cases often approach very near to each other. In the present improved state of machinery, it is almost impracticable not to employ the same elements of motion, and in some particulars, the same manner of operation, to produce any new effect. 1 Gallis. 478; 2 Gallis. 51. See 4 B. & Ald. 540; 2 Kent, Com. 370.
Improvement (n.) Estates. This term is of doubtful meaning It would seem to apply principally to buildings, though generally it extends to amelioration of every description of property, whether real or personal; it is generally explained by other words.
Improvement (n.) Where, by the terms of a lease, the covenant was to leave at the end of the term a water-mill with all the fixtures, fastenings, and improvements, during the demise fixed, fastened, or set up on or upon the premises, in good plight and condition, it was held to include a pair of new millstones set up by the lessee during the term, although the custom of the country in general authorized the tenant to remove them. 9 Bing. 24; 3 Sim. 450; 2 Ves. & Bea. 349. Vide 3 Yeates, 71; Addis. R. 335; 4 Binn. R. 418; 5 Binn. R. 77; 5 S. & R. 266; 1 Binn. R. 495; 1 John. Ch. R. 450; 15 Pick. R. 471. Vide Profits. 2 Man. & Gra. 729, 757; S. C. 40 Eng. C. L. R. 598, 612.
Improvement (n.) Tenants in common are not bound to pay for permanent improvements, made on the common property, by one of the tenants in common without their consent. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1881.
Improvement (n.) [ C or U ] (B1) 改進，改善 An occasion when something gets better or when you make it better.
// A slight improvement in the economy.
// Home improvements.
// These white walls are a big improvement on that disgusting old wallpaper.
// He's been having treatment for two months now without any improvement.
Improver (n.) 改進者；改進物 [C] One who, or that which, improves.
Improver (n.) Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms [syn: {humanitarian}, {do-gooder}, {improver}].
Improver (n.) A component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" [syn: {addition}, {add-on}, {improver}].
Improvided (a.) Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. [Obs.]
All improvided for dread of death. -- E. Hall.
Compare: Unforeseen
Unforeseen (a.) 未預見到的；預料之外的 Not anticipated or predicted.
‘Insurance to protect yourself against unforeseen circumstances.’
Improvidence (n.) 無先見之明；淺見；浪費；缺乏遠見 The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. -- L'Estrange.
Improvidence (n.) A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources [syn: {improvidence}, {shortsightedness}] [ant: {providence}].
Improvidence (n.) Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.
Improvident (a.) 無先見之明的；淺見的；缺乏遠見的；無遠見的；浪費的 Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
Improvident soldiers! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen. -- Shak.
Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless; prodigal; wasteful.
Improvident (a.) Not provident; not providing for the future [ant: {provident}].
Improvident (a.) Not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-considered}, {ill-judged}, {improvident}, {shortsighted}].
Improvidentially (adv.) Improvidently.
Improvidently (adv.) 無先見之明地；揮霍地 In a improvident manner.
Improving (a.) Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better.
Improvisate (a.) Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [R.]
Improvisate (v. t. & i.) [imp. & p. p. {Improvisated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improvisating}.] To improvise; to extemporize.
Compare: Extemporize
Extemporize (v. i.) (v. i.) 當場做成；即席發言；即興演奏 (v. t.) 當場做出；即席發表（演講等）；即興演奏 Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
‘He extemporized at the piano.’
Improvisated (imp. & p. p.) of Improvisate
Improvisating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improvisate
Improvisate (a.) Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [R.]
Improvisate (v. t. & i.) To improvise; to extemporize.
Improvisation (n.) 即興創作；即興演說；即興作品 The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
Improvisation (n.) That which is improvised; an impromptu.
Improvisation (n.) A creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation).
Improvisation (n.) An unplanned expedient [syn: {improvisation}, {temporary expedient}].
Improvisation (n.) A performance given extempore without planning or preparation [syn: {extemporization}, {extemporisation}, {improvisation}].
Improvisatize (v. t. & i.) Same as {Improvisate}.
Improvisator (n.) 即興詩人，即席演奏者 An improviser, or improvvisatore.
Improvisatore (n.) See {Improvvisatore}. Improvisatorial
Improvvisatore (n.; pl. {Improvvisatori}) [It. See {Improvise}.] One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also {improvisatore}.].
Improvisatorial (a.) Alt. of Improvisatory
Improvisatory (a.) 即興的；即興詩人的 Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.
Improvisatrice (n.) See {Improvvisatrice}.
Improvvisatrice (n.; pl. {Improvvisatrici}) [It. See {Improvise}.] A female improvvisatore. [Written also {improvisatrice}.]
Improvised (imp. & p. p.) of Improvise
Improvised (a.) 即席而作的；臨時的 Done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury- rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" [syn: {improvised}, {jury-rigged}, {makeshift}].
Improvising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improvise
Improvise (v. i.) 即興創作；即興表演（或朗誦等）；臨時做事；臨時湊合 To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
Improvise (v. t.) 即興創作（詩歌、樂曲等）；即興表演（或朗誦等）；臨時做；臨時提供；臨時湊成 To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
Compare: Extemporaneously
Extemporaneously (adv.) 無準備地 See extemporaneous.
‘It's pretty common to make this sort of error when one says something extemporaneously; as I've said before, just read some transcripts some time.’
Compare: Extemporaneous
Extemporaneous (a.) 即席的；隨口而出的；（經過準備但）不用講稿的；善於即席演講的；權宜之計的 Spoken or done without preparation.
‘An extemporaneous speech.’
Improvise (v. t.) To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide.
Charles attempted to improvise a peace. -- Motley.
Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
Improvise (v.) Perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [syn: {improvise}, {improvize}, {ad-lib}, {extemporize}, {extemporise}].
Improvise (v.) Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" [syn: {improvise}, {extemporize}].
Improvise (v.) [ I or T ] 臨時做；即興做 To invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it.
// I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
// We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
Improvise (v.) [ I or T ] （演員）即興表演；（音樂家）即興創作 When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it.
// During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).
Improviser (n.) 即興詩人；即席演奏者 One who improvises.
Improvision (n.) Improvidence. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Improviso (a.) Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [Obs.] -- Jonhson.
Improvvisatori (n. pl. ) of Improvvisatore
Improvvisatore (n.) One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also {improvisatore}.]
Improvvisatrici (n. pl. ) of Improvvisatrice
Improvvisatrice (n.) A female improvvisatore. [Written also {improvisatrice}.]
Imprudence (n.) 不謹慎；輕率；魯莽[U]；輕率的行為（或言詞）；魯莽的行為（或言詞）[C] The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.
His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence. -- Mickle.
Imprudence (n.) A lack of caution in practical affairs [ant: {prudence}].
Imprudent (a.) 不謹慎的；輕率的；魯莽的 Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- {Im*pru"dent*ly}, adv.
Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. -- Strype.
Syn: Indiscreet; injudicious; incautious; ill-advised; unwise; heedless; careless; rash; negligent.
Imprudent (a.) Not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger [ant: {prudent}].
Imprudent (a.) Lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark".
Impuberal (a.) 未成年的；無陰毛的 Not having arrived at puberty; immature.
In impuberal animals the cerebellum is, in proportion to the brain proper, greatly less than in adults. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Impuberty (n.) 前青春期 The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into.
Impudence (n.) 厚臉皮；傲慢 The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; lack of modesty.
Clear truths that their own evidence forces us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny. -- Locke.
Where pride and impudence (in fashion knit) Usurp the chair of wit. -- B. Jonson.
Syn: Shamelessness; audacity; insolence; effrontery; sauciness; impertinence; pertness; rudeness.
Usage: {Impudence}, {Effrontery}, {Sauciness}. Impudence refers more especially to the feelings as manifested in action. Effrontery applies to some gross and public exhibition of shamelessness. Sauciness refers to a sudden pert outbreak of impudence, especially from an inferior. Impudence is an unblushing kind of impertinence, and may be manifested in words, tones, gestures, looks, etc. Effrontery rises still higher, and shows a total or shameless disregard of duty or decorum under the circumstances of the case. Sauciness discovers itself toward particular individuals, in certain relations; as in the case of servants who are saucy to their masters, or children who are saucy to their teachers. See {Impertinent}, and {Insolent}.
Impudence (n.) An impudent statement [syn: {impudence}, {cheek}, {impertinence}].
Impudence (n.) The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: {crust}, {gall}, {impertinence}, {impudence}, {insolence}, {cheekiness}, {freshness}].
Impudency (n.) Impudence. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Audacious without impudency. -- Shak.
Impudent (a.) 厚顏無恥的；放肆的；無禮的；【廢】無恥的；不謙恭的 Behaving boldly, with contempt or disregard for propriety in behavior toward others; unblushingly forward; impertinent; saucy.
More than impudent sauciness. -- Shak.
When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. -- Dryden.
Impudent (a.) Lacking modesty; shameless. [Obs.]
Syn: Shameless; audacious; brazen; bold-faced; pert; immodest; rude; saucy; impertinent; insolent.
Impudent (a.) Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [syn: {impudent}, {insolent}, {snotty-nosed}, {flip}].
Impudent (a.) Improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: {fresh}, {impertinent}, {impudent}, {overbold}, {smart}, {saucy}, {sassy}, {wise}].
Impudently (adv.) 無禮地；放肆地 In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
At once assail With open mouths, and impudently rail. -- Sandys.
Impudently (adv.) In an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently" [syn: {impertinently}, {saucily}, {pertly}, {freshly}, {impudently}].
Impudicity (n.) Immodesty. -- Sheldon.
Impugned (imp. & p. p.) of Impugn
Impugning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impugn
Impugn (v. t.) 責難；抨擊 To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose; as, to impugn a person's integrity.
The truth hereof I will not rashly impugn, or overboldly affirm. -- Peacham.
Impugn (v.) Attack as false or wrong.
Impugnable (a.) Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid.
Impugnable (a.) Subject to being discredited.
Impugnation (n.) Act of impugning; opposition; attack. [Obs.]
A perpetual impugnation and self-conflict. -- Bp. Hall.
Impugner (n.) One who impugns.
Impugnment (n.) 指責 The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. -- Ed. Rev.
Impuissance (n.) 無力 Lack of power; inability. -- Bacon.
Their own impuissance and weakness. -- Holland.
Impuissance (n.) Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" [syn: {helplessness}, {weakness}, {impuissance}].
Impuissant (a.) 無力的 Weak; impotent; feeble.
Impuissant (a.) Lacking physical strength or vigor.
Impulse (v. t.) To impel; to incite. [Obs.] -- Pope.
Impulse (n.) 衝動，一時的念頭 [C] [U]；推動力；刺激 [C] The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. -- S. Clarke.
Impulse (n.) The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
Impulse (n.) (Mech.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
Impulse (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will; to buy something on impulse.
These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. -- Dryden.
Syn: Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling; incitement; instigation.
Impulse (n.) An instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn: {urge}, {impulse}]
Impulse (n.) A sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: {caprice}, {impulse}, {whim}].
Impulse (n.) The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus" [syn: {nerve impulse}, {nervous impulse}, {neural impulse}, {impulse}].
Impulse (n.) (Electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" [syn: {pulsation}, {pulsing}, {pulse}, {impulse}].
Impulse (n.) The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over" [syn: {impulse}, {impulsion}, {impetus}].
Impulse (n.) An impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" [syn: {momentum}, {impulse}].
Impulsion (n.) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse. "The impulsion of the air." -- Bacon.
Impulsion (n.) Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. "The impulsion of conscience." -- Clarendon. "Divine impulsion prompting." -- Milton.
Impulsion (n.) A force that moves something along [syn: {drift}, {impetus}, {impulsion}].
Impulsion (n.) The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over" [syn: {impulse}, {impulsion}, {impetus}].
Impulsive (a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Poor men! poor papers! We and they Do some impulsive force obey. -- Prior.
Impulsive (a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
My heart, impulsive and wayward. -- Longfellow.
Impulsive (a.) (Mech.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
Impulsive (n.) That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. -- Sir W. Wotton.
Impulsive (a.) Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: {impulsive}, {unprompted}].
Impulsive (a.) Without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted".
Impulsive (a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: {driving}, {impulsive}].
Impulsive (a.) Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}, {whimsical}].
Impulsive (a.) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impulsive}, {impetuous}, {madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}].
Impulsively (adv.) In an impulsive manner.
Impulsively (adv.) In an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it" [syn: {impetuously}, {impulsively}].
Impulsiveness (n.) The quality of being impulsive.
Impulsiveness (n.) The trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection.
Impulsor (n.) [L.] One who, or that which, impels; an inciter. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Impunctate (a.) 無細孔的 Not punctuate or dotted.
Impunctual (a.) Not punctual. [R.]
Compare: Punctual
Punctual (a.) 嚴守時刻的；準時的 [（+for/ in）]；（表達方式等）正確的；精確的；點狀的 Happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time; on time.
‘He's the sort of man who's always punctual.’
Punctual (a.) [Grammar] Denoting or relating to an action that takes place at a particular point in time.
Contrasted with durative.
Impunctuality (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality. [R.] -- A. Hamilton.
Compare: Punctuality
Punctuality (n.) 嚴守時間；正確；規矩 The fact or quality of being on time.
‘He was a stickler for punctuality.’
Impune (a.) Unpunished. [R.]
Compare: Unpunished
Unpunished (a.) 未受處罰的 [As complement] (Of an offense or offender) Not receiving a penalty or sanction as retribution for transgression.
‘I can't allow such a mistake to go unpunished.’
Impunibly (adv.) Without punishment; with impunity. [Obs.] -- J. Ellis.
Impunity (n.) （懲罰、損失、傷害等的）免除 [U] Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is never with impunity defied. -- Cowper.
The impunity and also the recompense. -- Holland.
Impunity (n.) Exemption from punishment or loss.
Impunity, () Not being punished for a crime or misdemeanor committed. The impunity of crimes is one of the most prolific sources whence they arise. lmpunitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquenti. 4 Co. 45, a; 5 Co. 109, a.
Impunity (n.) Wealth.