insociable

[in-soh-shuh-buhl]

adjective

1. unsociable.

Other Word Forms

• insociability noun
• insociably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of insociable¹

From the Latin word insociābilis, dating back to 1575–85. See in- ³, sociable

Example Sentences

Insociable, in-sō′sha-bl, adj. not sociable: that cannot be associated or joined.

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Take, for instance, Master Holofernes's vituperation of Don Adrian de Armado in Love's Labour Lost, and see what you can make of it: 'I abhor such phantasms, such insociable and point-devise companions, such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout fine, when he should say doubt; det, when he should pronounce debt; d, e, b, t; not d, e, t; he clepeth a calf, cauf; half, hauf; neighbour vocatur nebour; neigh abbreviated ne: this is abominable, which we would call abhominable.'

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In all countries there are insociable fellows, with whom you are obliged to live, though it is difficult.

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I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout, fine, when he should say doubt; det when he should pronounce debt,—d, e, b, t, not d, e, t: he clepeth a calf, cauf; half, hauf; neighbour vocatur nebour, neigh abbreviated ne.

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