Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insular \In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F.
insulaire. See {Isle}.]
1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or
possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an
insular climate, fauna, etc.
2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow;
circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits,
opinions, or prejudices.
The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insular \In"su*lar\, n.
An islander. [R.] --Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insular
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;
"insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
2: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an
exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem
inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard
Michaels
3: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy
with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward
foreigners" [syn: {parochial}]
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