Insular

//ˈɪnsjələ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.

    "Near-synonym: islandic"

  2. 2
    Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.

    "Near-synonym: peninsular"

  3. 3
    Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.

    "Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything: her only regret was that she had no pretty clothes with her."

  4. 4
    Relating to the insula in the brain.
  5. 5
    Relating to insulin.
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  1. 6
    (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Adjective
  1. 1
    narrowly restricted in outlook or scope wordnet
  2. 2
    suggestive of the isolated life of an island wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An islander.

    "these insulars in general live in a gross saline air , and their vessels being less elastic are consequently less able to subdue and cast off what their bodies as sponges draw in"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris (“of or belonging to an island”), from īnsula (“an island”), of uncertain origin.

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