indefinite
(adjective) not decided or not known; “were indefinite about their plans”; “plans are indefinite”
indefinite
(adjective) vague or not clearly defined or stated; “must you be so indefinite?”; “amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges”; “he would not answer so indefinite a proposal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)
Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
Vague or unclear.
Undecided or uncertain.
(mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
• (without limit): unlimited, unrestricted
• (vague or unclear): hazy; see also indistinct or vague
• (undecided or uncertain): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure
• (an integral without specified limits)
• (designating an unspecified thing)
indefinite (plural indefinites)
(grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
Source: Wiktionary
In*def"i*nite, a. Etym: [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]
1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. Dryden.
2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line. Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. Spectator.
3. Boundless; infinite. [R.] Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. W. Thompson (1745).
4. (Bot.)
Definition: Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class.
– Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence, under Indeterminate.
– Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal.
– Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good.
Syn.
– Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
