*insol*

n. [ L. insolatio: cf. F. insolation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun for the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) (a) A sunstroke. (b) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Meteorology) The amount of sunlight impinging on the Earth's surface. [ PJC ]

n. The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. insolence, L. insolentia. See Insolent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality of being unusual or novel. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flown with insolence and wine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To insult. [ Obs. ] Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Insolence. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. insolent, L. insolens, -entis, pref. in- not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be accustomed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forthwith make a jest at it. Pettie. [ 1913 Webster ]

If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant. “A paltry, insolent fellow.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can you not see? or will ye not observe . . .
How insolent of late he is become,
How proud, how peremptory? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their insolent triumph excited . . . indignation. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Overbearing; insulting; abusive; offensive; saucy; impudent; audacious; pert; impertinent; rude; reproachful; opprobrious. -- Insolent, Insulting. Insolent, in its primitive sense, simply denoted unusual; and to act insolently was to act in violation of the established rules of social intercourse. He who did this was insolent; and thus the word became one of the most offensive in our language, indicating gross disregard for the feelings of others. Insulting denotes a personal attack, either in words or actions, indicative either of scorn or triumph. Compare Impertinent, Affront, Impudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an insolent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + solidity: cf. F. insolidité. ] Lack of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insolubilitas: cf. F. insolubilité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 insoluble in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Strong. “An insoluble wall.” [ Obs. ] Holland [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable. “Bands insolvable.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Insolvencies (Law) (a) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency. (b) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Act of insolvency. See Insolvent law under Insolvent, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent. ] (Law) (a) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor. (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insolvent law, or
Act of insolvency, a law affording relief, -- subject to various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors; bankruptcy law. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a. [ 1913 Webster ]