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† inˈsolid, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. insolid-us, f. in- (in-3) + solid-us solid. Cf. obs. F. insolide ‘vnsolide, loose, weake, feeble’ (Cotgr.), perh. the immed. source.] Not solid; unsubstantial; weak, flimsy, light, unstable.
1618T. Adams Spir. Eye-salve Wks. 1862 II. 381 The second defect in the eye is an insolid levity, it it roving, like Dinah's, and ravished abroad. a1658J. Durham Exp. Revelation iii. ii. (1680) 173 Learning serveth to enable one, in searching for truth, to conceive what is solide or insolide. |