solute

See also: soluté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solutus.

Adjective

solute (comparative more solute, superlative most solute)

  1. Loose; free; liberal
    a solute interpretation
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  2. Relaxed, hence, merry; cheerful
    • Young
      A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye.
  3. Able to be dissolved; soluble
    a solute salt
  4. (botany) Not adhering; loose; opposed to adnate
    a solute stipule
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Translations

Noun

solute (plural solutes)

  1. Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution

Translations

Verb

solute (third-person singular simple present solutes, present participle soluting, simple past and past participle soluted)

  1. (obsolete) To dissolve.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) To absolve.
    to solute sin
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

solute

  1. vocative masculine singular of solutus

References
  • solute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • solute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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