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insolubility
This entry is located in the following unit: solv-, -solu-, solut-, -sol, -soluble, -solubility, -solvent (page 3)
(Modern Latin: named for the mythical king Tantalus [who in the Greek myths was tortured by being placed in water up to his chin, which he was never able to drink, whence the word “tantalize”]; because of the element’s insolubility or “to illustrate the tantalizing work he had until he succeeded in isolating this element”; metal)