/
ɪnˈtʌɪə,
ɛn-/
adj.
- with no part left out; whole.
▸without qualification; absolute.
- not broken, damaged, or decayed.
- (of a male horse) not castrated.
- Botany (of a leaf) without indentations or division into leaflets.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. entier, based on L. integer ‘untouched, whole’, from in- ‘not’ + tangere ‘to touch’.