insipidity

[in-sip-id]

in·sip·id

[in-sip-id]
adjective
1.
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
2.
without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin insipidus, equivalent to in- in-3 + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid

in·si·pid·i·ty, in·sip·id·ness, noun
in·sip·id·ly, adverb

incipient, insipid, insipient.


1, 2. flat, dull, uninteresting. 2. tasteless, bland.

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insipid (ɪnˈsɪpɪd)
 
adj
1.  lacking spirit; boring
2.  lacking taste; unpalatable
 
[C17: from Latin insipidus, from in-1 + sapidus full of flavour, sapid]
 
insi'pidity
 
n
 
in'sipidness
 
n
 
in'sipidly
 
adv

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