Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insipid"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Insipid \In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus
savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.]
1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste;
without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid
drink or food. --Boyle.

2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting;
weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an
insipid composition.

Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. --South.

But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to
say so, almost insipid. --Dryden.

Syn: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated;
lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

insipid
adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";
"vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: {bland}, {flat}, {flavorless},
{flavourless}, {savorless}, {savourless}, {vapid}]
2: lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"
3: lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality";
"jejune novel" [syn: {jejune}]
4: not pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: {tasteless}]


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