Insoluble
insoluble (?), a. (L.insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F.
insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf.
Insolvable.)
1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of
being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in
water.
2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable;
as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
3. Strong. An insoluble wall.
(Obs.) Holland
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