A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
adj. Brutal; unfeeling; barbarous. inhumanity n. (pl. -ies). Inhumanly adv.
INITIAL
letter n. First letter of a word.
- —adj. Of or at the beginning. —n. Initial letter, esp. (in pl.) Those of a person's names. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) mark or sign with one's initials. initially adv. [latin initium beginning]
INJURED
adj. - harmed or hurt.
- offended.
INKLING
n. (often foll. By of) slight knowledge or suspicion; hint. [origin unknown]
INKWELL
n. Pot for ink, usu. Housed in a hole in a desk.
INNARDS
n.pl. Colloq. Entrails. [special pronunciation of *inward]
INNINGS
n. (pl. Same) 1 esp. Cricket part of a game during which a side is batting.
- period during which a government, party, person, etc. Is in office or can achieve something. [obsolete in (verb) = go in]
INQUEST
n. - law inquiry by a coroner's court into the cause of a death.
- colloq. Discussion analysing the outcome of a game, election, etc. [romanic: related to *inquire]
INQUIRE
v. (-ring) 1 seek information formally; make a formal investigation.
- = *enquire. [latin quaero quisit- seek]
INQUIRY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 investigation, esp. An official one.
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