insolite
French
Etymology
From Latin insolitus (“unaccustomed”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish insólito, Italian insolito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃sɔlit/
Adjective
insolite (plural insolites)
- unusual, strange
- 1845, Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, page 127:
- On n’eût point dit d’ailleurs, en le voyant, qu’il se passât quelque chose d’insolite par la ville, ni au Louvre ; il était vêtu avec son élégance ordinaire.
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Further reading
- “insolite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Latin
References
- insolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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