INSUFFERABLY
INSUF'FERABLY, adverb To a degree beyond endurance; as a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INSUFFICIENCY
INSUFFI'CIENCY, noun [in and sufficiency.]1. Inadequateness; want of sufficiency; deficiency; as an insufficiency of provisions to supply the garrison.2. Inadequacy of power or ...
INSUFFICIENT
INSUFFI'CIENT, adjective [in and sufficient.]1. Not sufficient; inadequate to any need, use or purpose. The provisions are insufficient in quantity and defective in quality.2. W...
INSUFFICIENTLY
INSUFFI'CIENTLY, adverb With want of sufficiency; with want of proper ability or skill; inadequately.
INSUFFLATION
INSUFFLA'TION, noun [Latin in and sufflo, to blow.]1. The act of breathing on.2. The act of blowing a substance into a cavity of the body.
INSUITABLE
INSU'ITABLE, adjective Unsuitable. [Little used.]
INSULAR
IN'SULAR, adjective [Latin insularis, from insula, an isle.]Belonging to an isle; surrounded by water; as an insular situation.IN'SULAR, noun One who dwells in an isle.
INSULATE
IN'SULATE, verb transitive [Latin insula, an isle.] To place in a detached situation, or in a state to have no communication with surrounding objects.1. In architecture, to set ...
INSULATED
IN'SULATED, participle passive or adjective Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; as an insulated house or column.1. In electrical experiments, placed on an ...
INSULATING
IN'SULATING, participle present tense Setting in a detached position. In electrical experiments, preventing communication by the interposition of an electric body.
INSULATION
INSULA'TION, noun The act of insulating; the state of being detached from other objects.1. In electrical experiments, that state in which the communication of electrical fluid i...
INSULATOR
IN'SULATOR, noun In electrical experiments, the substance or body that insulates, or interrupts the communication of electricity to surrounding objects; a non-conductor or elect...
INSULSE
INSULSE, adjective insuls'. [Latin insulsus.] Dull; insipid. [Not used.]
INSULT
IN'SULT, noun [Latin insultus, from insilio, to leap on; in and salio, to leap.]1. The act of leaping on. [Little used.]2. Any gross abuse offered to another, either by words or...
INSULTATION
INSULTA'TION, noun The act of insulting; abusive treatment.
INSULTED
INSULT'ED, participle passive Abused or treated with insolence and contempt.
INSULTER
INSULT'ER, noun One who insults.
INSULTING
INSULT'ING, participle present tense Treating with insolence or contempt.
INSULTINGLY
INSULT'INGLY, adverb With insolent contempt; with contemptuous triumph.
INSUME
INSU'ME, verb transitive [Latin insumo.] To take in. [Not used.]
INSUPERABILITY
INSUPERABIL'ITY, noun [from insuperable.]The quality of being insuperable. [Little used.]
INSUPERABLE
INSU'PERABLE, adjective [Latin insuperabilis; in and superabilis, from supero, to overcome or surpass.]1. That cannot be overcome or surmounted; insurmountable; as insuperable d...
INSUPERABLENESS
INSU'PERABLENESS, noun The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable.
INSUPERABLY
INSU'PERABLY, adverb In a manner or degree not to be overcome; insurmountably.
INSUPPORTABLE
INSUPPORTABLE, adjective1. That cannot be supported or borne; as the weight or burden is insupportable2. That cannot be borne or endured; insufferable; intolerable. We say of he...
INSUPPORTABLENESS
INSUPPORTABLENESS, noun The quality of being insupportable; insufferableness; the state of being beyond endurance.
INSUPPORTABLY
INSUPPORTABLY, adverb In a manner or degree that cannot be supported or endured.