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insociable

[ in-soh-shuh-buhl ]

adjective



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ô·²õ´Çc¾±²¹Â·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
  • ¾±²Ô·²õ´Çc¾±²¹Â·²ú±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of insociable1

From the Latin word ¾±²Ô²õ´Ç³¦¾±Äå²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, dating back to 1575–85. See in- 3, sociable
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Insociable, in-sÅ′sha-bl, adj. not sociable: that cannot be associated or joined.

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Take, for instance, Master Holofernes's vituperation of Don Adrian de Armado in Love's Labour Lost, and see what you can make of it: 'I abhor such phantasms, such insociable and point-devise companions, such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout fine, when he should say doubt; det, when he should pronounce debt; d, e, b, t; not d, e, t; he clepeth a calf, cauf; half, hauf; neighbour vocatur nebour; neigh abbreviated ne: this is abominable, which we would call abhominable.'

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In all countries there are insociable fellows, with whom you are obliged to live, though it is difficult.

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I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout, fine, when he should say doubt; det when he should pronounce debt,—d, e, b, t, not d, e, t: he clepeth a calf, cauf; half, hauf; neighbour vocatur nebour, neigh abbreviated ne.

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