insolite

French

Etymology

From Latin insolitus (unaccustomed). Compare Portuguese and Spanish insólito, Italian insolito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃sɔlit/

Adjective

insolite (plural insolites)

  1. unusual, strange
    • 1845, Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, page 127:
      On n’eût point dit d’ailleurs, en le voyant, qu’il se passât quelque chose d’insolite par la ville, ni au Louvre ; il était vêtu avec son élégance ordinaire.
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Further reading


Italian

Adjective

insolite

  1. feminine plural of insolito

Latin

Adjective

insolite

  1. vocative masculine singular of insolitus

References

  • insolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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