insociable

English

Etymology

From Latin insociabilis: compare French insociable. See in- (“not”), and sociable.

Adjective

insociable (comparative more insociable, superlative most insociable)

  1. Not sociable or companionable.
    • Shakespeare
      this austere insociable life
  2. (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
    • Sir H. Wotton
      Lime and wood are insociable.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insociable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Galician

Alternative forms

Adjective

insociable m or f (plural insociables)

  1. unsociable; that does not relate well to others

Synonyms
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