Part 5911

<blockquote>Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . . How <b>insolent</b> of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; <as>as, <ex>insolent</ex> words or behavior</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Their <b>insolent</b> triumph excited . . . indignation. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy; impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude; reproachful; opprobrious.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Insolent</er>, <er>Insulting</er>. <i>Insolent</i>, in its primitive sense, simply denoted <i>unusual</i>; and to act <i>insolently</i> was to act in violation of the established rules of social intercourse. He who did this was <i>insolent</i>; and thus the word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings of others. <i>Insulting</i> denotes a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or triumph. Compare <er>Impertinent</er>, <er>Affront</er>, <er>Impudence</er>.</usage>

<h1>Insolently</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In"so*lent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an insolent manner.</def>

<h1>Insolidity</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In`so*lid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>solidity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insolidit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of solidity; weakness; <as>as, the <ex>insolidity</ex> of an argument</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Insolubility</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In*sol`u*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insolubilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insolubilit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.</def>

<h1>Insoluble</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In*sol"u*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insolubilis</ets> indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. <ets>insoluble</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Soluble</er>, and cf. <er>Insolvable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; <as>as, chalk is <ex>insoluble</ex> in water</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; <as>as, an <ex>insoluble</ex> doubt, question, or difficulty</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Strong.</def> "An <i>insoluble</i> wall." <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland</i>

<h1>Insolubleness</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In*sol"u*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility</def>.

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Insolvable</h1> <Xpage=770>

<hw>In*solv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; <as>as, an <ex>insolvable</ex> problem or difficulty</as>.</def>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.</def> "Bands <i>insolvable</i>."

<i>Pope.</i>