indiscrete, a.
(ɪndɪˈskriːt)
Also 7 indiscreet.
[ad. L. indiscrēt-us unseparated, undistinguished: see in-3 and discrete, and cf. the differentiated indiscreet.]
† 1. Not distinctly separate or distinguishable from contiguous objects or parts. Obs.
| 1608 Topsell Serpents (1658) 629 The Ammodyte, indiscreet on the Land [indiscretus arenis], Doth hold the colour of the burning sand. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., The round crustates, sc. the Cancri, have..an in⁓discrete head. |
2. Not divided into distinct parts.
| 1782 T. Pownall Antiq. 132 (T.) A chaos, in which the terrestrial elements were all in an indiscrete mass of confused matter. 1883 Sir M. Monier-Williams Relig. Th. & Life India 13 Next all was water, all a chaos indiscrete. 1893 Fairbairn Christ in Mod. Theol. ii. ii. iii. 409 The Absolute is not Substance homogeneous and indiscrete. |
Hence indiˈscretely adv., without separation or division.
| 1698 Phil. Trans. XX. 463 As for Method, there is none at all..the Species being promiscuously and indiscreetly placed as they came to Hand. |