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insolubleness

insolubleness noun: the quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.

Noun

insolubleness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.
    • But that vve may the more diſtinctly conſider this grand argument, […] it vvill be convenient to obſerve, that it does, at once, both propoſe a queſtion, and contain an objection, grounded upon the ſurmiſed inſolubleneſs of that queſtion.1672, Robert Boyle, “[Tracts. […].] An Hydrostatical Discourse, Occasioned by the Objects of the Learned Dr. Henry More, against Some Explications of New Experiments Made by Mr. Boyle; and Now...
    • All his occasional pangs of dubiousness as to the grand governing thing of all—the reality of the physical relationship—only recoiled back upon him with added tribute of both certainty and insolubleness.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin of insolubleness

From insoluble + -ness.

Questions about insolubleness

What does insolubleness mean?
Insolubleness means the quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.
What part of speech is insolubleness?
Insolubleness is a noun.

Words near insolubleness in the dictionary

  1. insolubilize
  2. insolubilized
  3. insolubilizes
  4. insolubilizing
  5. insoluble
  6. insolubleness
  7. insolubles
  8. insolubly
  9. insolvability
  10. insolvable
  11. insolvably

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