insociable

English

Etymology

From Latin īnsociābilis.

Adjective

insociable (comparative more insociable, superlative most insociable)

1. Not sociable or companionable.

   Synonym: unsociable

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 136, column 1:

     I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     this austere insociable life

2. (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
   • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:

     Lime and wood are insociable.

References

• “insociable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From Latin īnsociābilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

insociable (plural insociables)

1. insociable

Further reading

• “insociable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• insociábel

Etymology

From Latin īnsociābilis.

Adjective

insociable m or f (plural insociables)

1. unsociable; that does not relate well to others

   Synonym: túzaro

Further reading

• “insociable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsociābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /insoˈθjable/ [ĩn.soˈθja.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insoˈsjable/ [ĩn.soˈsja.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧so‧cia‧ble

Adjective

insociable m or f (masculine and feminine plural insociables)

1. unsociable

Derived terms

• insociabilidad

 

Further reading

• “insociable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10