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INSIST
Definition of INSIST
verb
To hold up a claim emphatically.
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Where it comes from
Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INSIST · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INSIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INSIST starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IINSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.
Words that start INSIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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