Defn: The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
IRRESOLUTE
Ir*res"o*lute, a. Etym: [Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu,
L. irresolutus not loosened.]
Defn: Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution. Weak and irresolute is man. Cowper.
Syn.
— Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled;
fickle; changeable; inconstant.
— Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv.
— Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n.
IRRESOLUTION
Ir*res`o*lu"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. irrésolution.]
Defn: Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation. Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness. Addison.
IRRESOLVABILITY
Ir`re*solv`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.
IRRESOLVABLE
Ir`re*solv"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. ir- not + resolvable. Cf.
Irresoluble.]
Defn: Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts. Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars. Sir W. Herschel.