dissoluble

[Lat. di olubilis, from dis so lutus, pa. par. of di olvo; Fr. di oluble; Ital. dis solubile; Sp. disoluble.] 1. Capable of being di olved, or of having its parts disunited by heat or moisture. "Salt and sugar, which are easily di oluble in water." -Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. ii., ch. i. 2. That may be disunited. *3. Liable to di olution. "Making the soul compounded, and di oluble , and perishable." Search: Light of Nature , pt. ii., ch. vi. dis-sol-u-ble-ne , s. [Eng. di oluble ; -ne .] The quality of being di oluble; di olubility. "It acquired at once fortis." Boyle: Works, iii. 97. di olublene in aqua 1. Given to di ipation, exce , and vice; di ibauched, licentious. "That brilliant and di olute society of which he had been one of the most brilliant and most di olute members."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xii. 2. Spent in or given up to di ipation; characterized by di ipation. Strype: Life of Grind all (an. 1577). "Put from his places for the di olute life he led." For the difference between di olute and loose , see LOOSE. *dis-sol-ût-ěd, a. [Latin di olutus .] Loose, disheveled. "Ungirt, untrimm'd, with dis so luted hair." Smart : Temple of Dullne . dis-sol-ûte-ly, *dis-sol-ute-lye, *dys-sol-utely, adv . [Eng. di olute ; -ly.] *1. Freely; without restraint or hindrance. "Then were the prisons di olutely freed." Drayton: Baron's Wars, bk. iv. *2. Rashly, reckle ly. "The poster i tie tooke it for a wonder, yt he durst go so di olute lye amonges those nacions." - Brende: Quin tus Curtius, fol. 285. 3. In a di olute, di ipated, or licentious manner, "The queen's subjects lived di olutely ."- Strype : Life of Parker (an. 1563).