insular

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  2. adjective suggestive of the isolated life of an island; - Leonard Michaels
  3. adjective narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

Etymology

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

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