Definitions
Etymologies
- Latin insulsus; prefix in- not + salsus salted, from salire, salsum, to salt. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The _insulse latum_ refers to the law now passed granting him the triumph in spite of this.”
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order
“Milton, genuine admirer of Hebrew learning though he was and a man not averse to using "Christian talmudic" arguments of his own when occasion required, permits himself one or two uncomplimentary references to the "insulse rules" of the Talmud.”
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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phrontistery - i
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wit
with wit mess (between less & ness)
wit, wot, wote, wost, wist, weeting, sense, wite, witticism, insulse, wittiness, wittiness witness and 31 more...
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use•ful
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fbharjo's Words
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Words of the Day
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Stupidity
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fbharjo insulse adding insulse to injury to fracture a cliche??? Jan 12, 2007