Both Uses of
inert
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Edmond shuddered when he heard the painful efforts which the old man made to drag himself along; his leg was inert, and he could no longer make use of one arm.
Chpt 17-18 *inert = unable to move
- You are still yourself as now, and yet you are yourself no longer; you who, like Ariel, verge on the angelic, are but an inert mass, which, like Caliban, verges on the brutal; and this is called in human tongues, as I tell you, neither more nor less than apoplexy.†
Chpt 47-48
Definition:
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(inert) unmoving, inactive, or unable to move
or:
slow, lethargic, or without interest
or (in chemistry/medicine):
chemically inactive (not having an effect)