insolubleadj.n.

/ɪnˈsɒljuːb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English -ibil, -ible.

Etymology: < Latin insolūbilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + solūbilis soluble adj. and n.

A. adj. Not soluble.

a. That cannot be dissolved, undone, or loosed; indissoluble. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > of knots or bands > not loosened or becoming loose > unable to be loosened or undone

insoluble1382

unloosablec1425

inextricable1612

insolvable1652

dissolveless1706

unravellable1754

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Heb. vii. 16 Lyf insolible [gloss or that may not be vndon].

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 90 They haue broken..the insoluble bonde wherewith they were bounde to God and to the Chirch.

1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 426 Augustine and Eucherius thinke this knot to be insoluble.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvi. xii. 71 The formost of every ranke in the vaward stood firme and fast, like a strong and insoluble wall.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. ii. 77 Bound in the insoluble Chains of his Lusts.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvi. 292 The insoluble knot whereby the yoke was attached.

†b. Of arguments: Irrefragable, irrefutable. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted > not

insoluble1533

irrefragable1533

unsoluble1559

irrefutable1620

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]

sickera1400

undoubtingc1400

undoubtablec1425

doubtlessc1440

unsoilablec1449

unwithsayablec1450

undoubtedc1460

indoubted?1467

indubitate1480

undubitate1482

unrepugnablea1500

infallible1526

questionless1532

insoluble1533

irrefragable1533

undoubtful1533

inexpugnablea1535

uncontrolleda1535

undeniable1541

indisputable1551

indoubtable1557

unsoluble1559

uncontrollable1577

infringible1581

irreprovable1581

ungainsaid1587

unquestionable1587

unquarrelled1588

peremptory1589

irrefragatea1592

unrefellable1593

unrefutable1594

controversiless1604

unquestioned1604

undisputable1605

impleadable1606

contradictless1607

unargued1609

unchallengeable1611

uncontroversable1617

ungainsayable1618

irrefutable1620

indeniable1621

undenied1621

incontradictable1624

indenied1624

indubious1625

indubitable1625

undisputeda1627

uncontroversed1634

unchallengeda1639

God-given1642

indisputed1643

unconfutable1643

undubitable1643

incontrollable1646

incontrovertible1646

unquarrellable1646

watertight1647

unquaerable1657

uncontrovertible1664

incontestable1673

inconfutable1679

uncontestable1681

uncontested1683

uncontradictory1698

uncontradictable1707

incontested1712

irrevinciblea1746

contestlessa1750

innegable1772

irrecusable1776

unrebuttable1804

unassailable1830

unimpugnable1832

irrebuttablea1834

unquibbled1860

inarguablea1875

automatic1877

inoppugnable1885

indiscussible1893

indiscutable1933

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xliiii^v [To] stande for a sure and an insoluble argument.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Insoluble, that which cannot be loosed: vnanswerable.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. E3^v All these contradictory Arguments which either of them had once fancied so insolable.

2. That cannot be solved, as a difficulty, question, problem, etc.; incapable of being resolved or explained; not susceptible of solution; unsolvable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved

insoluble1393

unresolvable1604

inextricable1613

indissolvable1637

unriddleable1647

irresolvable1660

unsolvible1664

insolvable1693

unsolvable1821

hen-and-egg1855

indissoluble1868

irresoluble1868

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 231 Freres fele sithes..Meuen motifs meny tymes Insolibles and fallaces, That boþe lered and lewed of here by-leyue douten.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 165/2 Ye should..haue remayned in an insoluble doute in a matter of the faith.

1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus vii. iv. §3 The number of insoluble problems is in divinity much greater than in any other faculty.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 244 An insoluble question concerning the origin of evil.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 236 Unsolved, if not insoluble problems.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 134 Plato does not treat even this..class of difficulties as hopeless or insoluble.

3. Incapable of being dissolved in a liquid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > insoluble in liquid

indissoluble1666

insoluble1713

unsoluble1756

insolvable1823

water-insoluble1897

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 197 That wonderful Faculty of the Stomachs of all Creatures, to dissolve all the several sorts of Food..even sometimes things of that consistency as seem insoluble.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 30 It forms an insoluble salt which is precipitated.

1857 E. L. Birkett Bird's Urinary Deposits (ed. 5) 121 The soluble phosphates..far exceed in quantity the insoluble salts.

4. Of a debt: That cannot be discharged or paid off.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adjective] > that cannot be paid (of debts)

unpayablec1500

insolvable1755

impayable1797

insoluble1850

1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1881) 1st Ser. v. 76 Remorse is like the clog of an insoluble debt.

B. n.

Something insoluble; a difficulty or problem that cannot be solved or explained.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [noun] > quality of being insuperable > a difficulty that cannot be solved

insolublea1387

insuperable1782

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] > quality of being solvable > lack of > instance of

insolublea1387

indissolvable1661

insolubility1837

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 203 Þan þe iuges sigh þat þe cause was brigous, as it were an insolible, and put it of to a wel longe day.

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1713 To sey of it that it is passyble, Semeth to me a ful gret insolible.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. Zv^v That good lawes be tourned in to Sophemes & insolubles.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 355/1 Tyndalles tryflinge sophisticacions, whyche he woulde shoulde seeme so solempne..insolubles.

Derivatives

inˈsolubly adv. in an insoluble manner or degree.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adverb] > without solution

insolvably1795

insolubly1900

1900 N.E.D. at Insoluble Mod. The affair is insolubly mysterious.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insoluble
释义	insolubleadj.n. /ɪnˈsɒljuːb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English -ibil, -ible. Etymology: < Latin insolūbilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + solūbilis soluble adj. and n. A. adj. Not soluble. 1. a. That cannot be dissolved, undone, or loosed; indissoluble. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > of knots or bands > not loosened or becoming loose > unable to be loosened or undone insoluble1382 unloosablec1425 inextricable1612 insolvable1652 dissolveless1706 unravellable1754 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Heb. vii. 16 Lyf insolible [gloss or that may not be vndon]. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 90 They haue broken..the insoluble bonde wherewith they were bounde to God and to the Chirch. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 426 Augustine and Eucherius thinke this knot to be insoluble. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvi. xii. 71 The formost of every ranke in the vaward stood firme and fast, like a strong and insoluble wall. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. ii. 77 Bound in the insoluble Chains of his Lusts. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvi. 292 The insoluble knot whereby the yoke was attached. †b. Of arguments: Irrefragable, irrefutable. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted > not insoluble1533 irrefragable1533 unsoluble1559 irrefutable1620 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective] sickera1400 undoubtingc1400 undoubtablec1425 doubtlessc1440 unsoilablec1449 unwithsayablec1450 undoubtedc1460 indoubted?1467 indubitate1480 undubitate1482 unrepugnablea1500 infallible1526 questionless1532 insoluble1533 irrefragable1533 undoubtful1533 inexpugnablea1535 uncontrolleda1535 undeniable1541 indisputable1551 indoubtable1557 unsoluble1559 uncontrollable1577 infringible1581 irreprovable1581 ungainsaid1587 unquestionable1587 unquarrelled1588 peremptory1589 irrefragatea1592 unrefellable1593 unrefutable1594 controversiless1604 unquestioned1604 undisputable1605 impleadable1606 contradictless1607 unargued1609 unchallengeable1611 uncontroversable1617 ungainsayable1618 irrefutable1620 indeniable1621 undenied1621 incontradictable1624 indenied1624 indubious1625 indubitable1625 undisputeda1627 uncontroversed1634 unchallengeda1639 God-given1642 indisputed1643 unconfutable1643 undubitable1643 incontrollable1646 incontrovertible1646 unquarrellable1646 watertight1647 unquaerable1657 uncontrovertible1664 incontestable1673 inconfutable1679 uncontestable1681 uncontested1683 uncontradictory1698 uncontradictable1707 incontested1712 irrevinciblea1746 contestlessa1750 innegable1772 irrecusable1776 unrebuttable1804 unassailable1830 unimpugnable1832 irrebuttablea1834 unquibbled1860 inarguablea1875 automatic1877 inoppugnable1885 indiscussible1893 indiscutable1933 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xliiii^v [To] stande for a sure and an insoluble argument. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Insoluble, that which cannot be loosed: vnanswerable. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. E3^v All these contradictory Arguments which either of them had once fancied so insolable. 2. That cannot be solved, as a difficulty, question, problem, etc.; incapable of being resolved or explained; not susceptible of solution; unsolvable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved insoluble1393 unresolvable1604 inextricable1613 indissolvable1637 unriddleable1647 irresolvable1660 unsolvible1664 insolvable1693 unsolvable1821 hen-and-egg1855 indissoluble1868 irresoluble1868 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 231 Freres fele sithes..Meuen motifs meny tymes Insolibles and fallaces, That boþe lered and lewed of here by-leyue douten. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 165/2 Ye should..haue remayned in an insoluble doute in a matter of the faith. 1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus vii. iv. §3 The number of insoluble problems is in divinity much greater than in any other faculty. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 244 An insoluble question concerning the origin of evil. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 236 Unsolved, if not insoluble problems. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 134 Plato does not treat even this..class of difficulties as hopeless or insoluble. 3. Incapable of being dissolved in a liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > insoluble in liquid indissoluble1666 insoluble1713 unsoluble1756 insolvable1823 water-insoluble1897 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 197 That wonderful Faculty of the Stomachs of all Creatures, to dissolve all the several sorts of Food..even sometimes things of that consistency as seem insoluble. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 30 It forms an insoluble salt which is precipitated. 1857 E. L. Birkett Bird's Urinary Deposits (ed. 5) 121 The soluble phosphates..far exceed in quantity the insoluble salts. 4. Of a debt: That cannot be discharged or paid off. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adjective] > that cannot be paid (of debts) unpayablec1500 insolvable1755 impayable1797 insoluble1850 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1881) 1st Ser. v. 76 Remorse is like the clog of an insoluble debt. B. n. Something insoluble; a difficulty or problem that cannot be solved or explained. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [noun] > quality of being insuperable > a difficulty that cannot be solved insolublea1387 insuperable1782 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] > quality of being solvable > lack of > instance of insolublea1387 indissolvable1661 insolubility1837 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 203 Þan þe iuges sigh þat þe cause was brigous, as it were an insolible, and put it of to a wel longe day. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1713 To sey of it that it is passyble, Semeth to me a ful gret insolible. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vi. sig. Zv^v That good lawes be tourned in to Sophemes & insolubles. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 355/1 Tyndalles tryflinge sophisticacions, whyche he woulde shoulde seeme so solempne..insolubles. Derivatives inˈsolubly adv. in an insoluble manner or degree. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adverb] > without solution insolvably1795 insolubly1900 1900 N.E.D. at Insoluble Mod. The affair is insolubly mysterious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1382
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