† inorˈganity Obs. rare—1.
[f. in-3 + L. organ-um, Gr. ὄργαν-ον organ, instrument + -ity.]
The condition of being without organs.
1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §36 There is no Organ or Instrument for the rational Soul; for in the brain, which we term the seat of Reason, there is not any thing of moment more than I can discover in the crany of a beast; and this is a sensible, and no inconsiderable argument of the inorganity of the Soul. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Inorganity, the want of such [organical] dispositions. 1676 in Coles. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Inorganity, a Deprivation of Organs or Instruments. |