Modern English usage. 2014.
insoluble — [ ɛ̃sɔlybl ] adj. • issoluble 1220; lat. insolubilis 1 ♦ Qu on ne peut résoudre. ⇒ impossible. S attaquer à un problème insoluble (cf. Chercher la quadrature du cercle). 2 ♦ (1762) Qui ne peut se dissoudre. Substance insoluble dans l eau, dans un … Encyclopédie Universelle
Insoluble — In*sol u*ble, a. [L. insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See {In } not, and {Soluble}, and cf. {Insolvable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insoluble — Incapaz de disolverse normalmente en un determinado solvente, como una sustancia insoluble en agua. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
insoluble — late 14c., unable to be loosened, from L. insolubilis that cannot be loosened, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + solubilis (see SOLUBLE (Cf. soluble)). Figurative use, of problems, etc., is from late 14c. It was a tacit conviction of the… … Etymology dictionary
insoluble — index difficult, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inextricable, infrangible, inscrutable, inseparable, insurmountable … Law dictionary
insoluble — [adj] mysterious, unable to be solved or answered baffling, difficult, impenetrable, indecipherable, inexplicable, inextricable, irresolvable, mystifying, obscure, unaccountable, unconcluded, unfathomable, unresolved, unsolvable, unsolved;… … New thesaurus
insoluble — Insoluble, Insolubilis, Indissolubilis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
insoluble — (Del lat. insolubĭlis). 1. adj. Que no puede disolverse ni diluirse. 2. Que no se puede resolver o aclarar … Diccionario de la lengua española
insoluble — ► ADJECTIVE 1) impossible to solve. 2) (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved. DERIVATIVES insolubility noun insolubly adverb … English terms dictionary
insoluble — [in säl′yə bəl] adj. [ME insolible < L insolubilis] 1. that cannot be solved; unsolvable 2. that cannot be dissolved; not soluble insolubility n. insolubleness insolubly adv … English World dictionary
