insolite

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insolitus (“unaccustomed”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese and Spanish insólito, Italian insolito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔ.lit/

Adjective

insolite (plural insolites)

1. 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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Adjective

insolite

1. feminine plural of insolito

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) īnsolite

1. vocative masculine singular of īnsolitus

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.