insipidly
ɪd 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.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking spirit; boring |
| 2. | lacking taste; unpalatable |
| [C17: from Latin insipidus, from | |
| insi'pidity | |
| —n | |
| in'sipidness | |
| —n | |
| in'sipidly | |
| —adv | |
| insipid (ɪnˈsɪpɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking spirit; boring |
| 2. | lacking taste; unpalatable |
| [C17: from Latin insipidus, from | |
| insi'pidity | |
| —n | |
| in'sipidness | |
| —n | |
| in'sipidly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
insipid
1610s, "without taste or perceptible flavor," from Fr. insipide, from L.L. inspidus "tasteless," from L. in- "not" + sapidus "tasty," from sapere "have a taste" (also "be wise"). Fig. meaning "uninteresting, dull" first recorded 1640s, but it was also a secondary sense in M.L.
"In ye coach ... went Mrs. Barlow, the King's mistress and mother to ye Duke of Monmouth, a browne, beautifull, bold, but insipid creature." [John Evelyn, diary, Aug. 18, 1649]
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