insulse

English

Etymology

Latin insulsus; prefix in- not + salsus salted, from salire, salsum, to salt.

Adjective

insulse (comparative more insulse, superlative most insulse)

  1. (obsolete) insipid; dull; stupid
    • Milton
      An insulse and frigid affectation.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 insulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

insulse

  1. feminine plural of insulso

Latin

Adjective

īnsulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnsulsus

References
  • insulse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insulse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insulse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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