incompetency (n.) Look up incompetency at Dictionary.com
1610s, from incompetent + -cy.
incomprehensive (adj.) Look up incomprehensive at Dictionary.com
1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + comprehensive. Related: Incomprehensively.
inconclusive (adj.) Look up inconclusive at Dictionary.com
1660s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + conclusive. Related: Inconclusively. Inconclusion is "rare," perhaps because it could mean either "reaching no conclusion" or "reaching an unwarranted conclusion." Related: Inconclusiveness.
inconducive (adj.) Look up inconducive at Dictionary.com
1729, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + conducive.
inconsolable (adj.) Look up inconsolable at Dictionary.com
1590s, from Latin inconsolabilis "inconsolable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + consolabilis "consolable," from consolari (see console (v.)). Related: Inconsolably (c. 1500).
incontestable (adj.) Look up incontestable at Dictionary.com
1670s, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + contestable (see contest (v.)). Perhaps from or modeled on French incontestable. Related: Incontestably.
incontrovertible (adj.) Look up incontrovertible at Dictionary.com
1640s, from in- (1) "not" + controvertible (see controvert). Related: Incontrovertibly; incontrovertibility.
inconsistency (n.) Look up inconsistency at Dictionary.com
1640s, "something which is inconsistent;" 1650s as "quality of being inconsistent," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + consistency. Related: Inconsistencies. Inconsistence (1630s) is marked "Now rare or Obs." in OED.
inconsiderable (adj.) Look up inconsiderable at Dictionary.com
1590s, "incalculable;" from 1630s as "not worthy of consideration or notice," from French inconsidérable (16c.), from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + considérable (see considerable). Related: Inconsiderably. OED has found an instance of the rare verb inconsider from 1697.
incongruity (n.) Look up incongruity at Dictionary.com
1530s, "quality of being incongruent," from French incongruité (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin incongruitas, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruitas (see congruity). Meaning "that which is incongruent, an example of incongruency" is from c. 1600.
incongruence (n.) Look up incongruence at Dictionary.com
c. 1600, from Late Latin incongruentia "incongruity," from incongruentem (nominative incongruens) "incongruous, inconsistent," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruens (see congruent). Related: Incongruency.
incongruent (adj.) Look up incongruent at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., from Late Latin incongruentem (nominative incongruens), from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruens (see congruent). Related: Incongruently.
increasingly (adv.) Look up increasingly at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from increasing (see increase (v.)) + -ly (2).
incorruptible (adj.) Look up incorruptible at Dictionary.com
mid-14c., in a physical sense, from Old French incorruptible (14c.), or directly from Late Latin incorruptibilis "incorruptible," from Latin incorruptus "unspoiled, unseduced," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + corruptus (see corrupt (adj.)). From 1660s in English in a moral sense. Related: Incorruptibly.
incapacitate (v.) Look up incapacitate at Dictionary.com
1650s in a legal sense; 1660s in general use, "deprive of natural power," from incapacity + -ate. Related: Incapacitated; incapacitating.
Coney Island Look up Coney Island at Dictionary.com
community in Brooklyn, N.Y., so called for the rabbits once found there (see coney) and was known to the Dutch as Konijn Eiland, from which the English name probably derives. It emerged as a resort and amusement park center after the U.S. Civil War.
individuation (n.) Look up individuation at Dictionary.com
1620s, from Medieval Latin individuationem (nominative individuatio), noun of action from past participle stem of individuare "to make individual," from Latin individuus "individual" (see individual (adj.)). Psychological sense is from 1909.
-ine (1) Look up -ine at Dictionary.com
also -in, adjectival word-forming element, Middle English, from Old French -in/-ine, or directly from Latin suffix -inus/-ina/-inum "of, like," forming adjectives and derived nouns, as in divinus, feminus, caninus; from PIE adjectival suffix *-no- (see -en (2)).

The Latin suffix is cognate with Greek -inos/-ine/-inon, and in some modern scientific words the element is from Greek. Added to names, it meant "of or pertaining to, of the nature of" (Florentinus), and so it also was commonly used in forming Roman proper names, originally appellatives (Augustinus, Constantinus, Justinus, etc.) and its descendants in Romanic languages continued active in name-forming. The Latin fem. form, -ina, was used in forming abstracts (doctrina, medicina). Relics of the attempt to continue a distinction between Latin -ina and -inus account for the English hesitation in spelling between -in and -ine.
inequity (n.) Look up inequity at Dictionary.com
"unfairness," 1550s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + equity. Formed from the same elements as iniquity, but done in English. Related: Inequities.
non-invasive (adj.) Look up non-invasive at Dictionary.com
also noninvasive, by 1850, from non- + invasive.
res ipsa loquitur Look up res ipsa loquitur at Dictionary.com
Latin, "the thing speaks for itself."
re-ignite (v.) Look up re-ignite at Dictionary.com
also reignite, 1863, from re- + ignite. Related: Reignited; reigniting.
-iatry Look up -iatry at Dictionary.com
word-forming element meaning "medical treatment," from French -iatrie, from Greek iatreia "healing, medical treatment" (see -iatric).
tongue-in-cheek (adv.) Look up tongue-in-cheek at Dictionary.com
1856, from phrase to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek "to speak insincerely" (1748), suggestive of sly irony or humorous insincerity, perhaps a stage trick to convey irony to the audience.
Hem! Pray, Sir, said he to the Bard, after thrusting his Tongue into a Corner of his Cheek, and rolling his Eyes at Miss Willis, (Tricks which he had caught by endeavouring to take off a celebrated Comedian) were these fine Tragedies of yours ever acted? [anonymous, "Emily, or the History of a Natural Daughter," 1761]



This arietta, however, she no sooner began to perform, than he and the justice fell asleep ; but the moment she ceased playing, the knight waked snorting, and exclaimed,--'O cara! what d'ye think, gentlemen? Will you talk any more of your Pargolesi and your Corelli ?'--At the same time, he thrust his tongue in one cheek, and leered with one eye at the doctor and me, who sat on his left hand--He concluded the pantomime with a loud laugh, which he could command at all times extempore. [Smollett, "The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker," 1771]
iguanodon (n.) Look up iguanodon at Dictionary.com
dinosaur name, 1825, hybrid from iguana + Latinized stem of Greek odonys "tooth" (on model of mastodon). So called because the fossil teeth and bones were thought to resemble (except in size) those of the tropical lizard.
initial (v.) Look up initial at Dictionary.com
"to mark or sign with initials," 1837, from initial (n.). Related: Initialed; initialing.
initial (n.) Look up initial at Dictionary.com
"initial letter of a name or surname," 1620s, from initial (adj.) in a specialized sense "standing at the beginning of a word, sentence, etc." (1620s).
shut-in (n.) Look up shut-in at Dictionary.com
"person confined from normal social intercourse," 1904, from the verbal phrase, from shut (v.) + in (adv.).
log in (v.) Look up log in at Dictionary.com
1963 in the computing sense, from log (v.2) + in (adv.).
anti-intellectual Look up anti-intellectual at Dictionary.com
1821 (adj.), from anti- + intellectual. As a noun meaning "an anti-intellectual person" from 1913.
ice (v.) Look up ice at Dictionary.com
c. 1400, ysen, "cover with ice," from ice (n.). Related: Iced; icing.
ideal (n.) Look up ideal at Dictionary.com
"(hypothetical) perfect person, thing, or state," 1796, in a translation of Kant, from ideal (adj.). Hence "standard or model of perfection" (1849).
inch (v.) Look up inch at Dictionary.com
1590s, "move little by little" (intrans.), from inch (n.1). Meaning "drive or force by small degrees" (trans.) is from 1660s. Related: Inched; inching.
non-intervention (n.) Look up non-intervention at Dictionary.com
1831, from non- + intervention.
innie (n.) Look up innie at Dictionary.com
in reference to navels, by 1972, from in (adj.) + -ie.
over-indulge (v.) Look up over-indulge at Dictionary.com
1741, from over- + indulge. Related: Over-indulged; over-indulging.
-idae Look up -idae at Dictionary.com
word-forming element used to coin family names in zoology (by being suffixed to the name of the genus whence that of the family is derived), from Latin -idae, plural of noun suffix -ides (see -id).
irregular (n.) Look up irregular at Dictionary.com
"one not belonging to a regular body" of any sort, "one not subject to or not conforming with established regulations," 1610s, from irregular (adj.). Main modern sense of "a soldier not of the regular army" is from 1747.
Celt-Iberian (adj.) Look up Celt-Iberian at Dictionary.com
also Celtiberian, c. 1600, from Celt + Iberian.
intellectual (n.) Look up intellectual at Dictionary.com
1590s, "mind, intellect, intellectual powers," from intellectual (adj.). The meaning "an intellectual person" is attested from 1650s but was hardly used in that sense in 19c. and the modern use in this sense seems to be a re-coinage from c. 1906. Related: Intellectuals.
pig iron (n.) Look up pig iron at Dictionary.com
1660s; see pig (n.) + iron (n.).
plug-in (adj.) Look up plug-in at Dictionary.com
1922, from plug (v.) + in (adv.).
re-import (v.) Look up re-import at Dictionary.com
also reimport, 1742, from re- + import (v.). Related: Re-imported; re-importing.
re-inter (v.) Look up re-inter at Dictionary.com
also reinter, 1610s, from re- + inter. Related: Re-interred; re-interring.
son-in-law (n.) Look up son-in-law at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from son + in-law.
semper idem Look up semper idem at Dictionary.com
Latin, literally "always the same;" see semper- + identical.
self-involved (adj.) Look up self-involved at Dictionary.com
1812, from self- + involved.
sign-in (n.) Look up sign-in at Dictionary.com
1968, from the verbal phrase; see sign (v.) + in (adv.).
run-in (n.) Look up run-in at Dictionary.com
"quarrel, confrontation," 1905, from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + in (adv.). From 1857 as "an act of running in."
shoo-in (n.) Look up shoo-in at Dictionary.com
"easy winner" (especially in politics), 1939, from earlier sense "horse that wins a race by pre-arrangement" (1928); the verb phrase shoo in in this sense is from 1908; from shoo (v.) + in (adv.).