insociable

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insociabilis: compare French insociable. See in- (“not”), and sociable.

Adjective

insociable (comparative more insociable, superlative most insociable)

1. Not sociable or companionable.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     this austere insociable life

2. (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir H. Wotton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Galician

Alternative forms

• insociábel

Adjective

insociable m or f (plural insociables)

1. unsociable; that does not relate well to others

Synonyms

• (unsociable): túzaro