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Webster 1913 Edition


Insociable

In-so′cia-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
insociabilis
: cf. F.
insociable
. See
In-
not, and
Sociable
.]
1.
Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
[Obs.]
Lime and wood are
insociable
.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
This austere
insociable
life.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Insociable

INSO'CIABLE

,
Adj.
[L. insociabilis; in and sociabilis, socio, to unite.]
1.
Not inclined to unite in social converse; not given to conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
2.
That cannot be joined or connected.
Lime and wood are insociable. [Not in use.]