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vap·id 
[vap-id] Pronunciation Key
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[vap-id] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea. |
| 2. | without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. |
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va·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, noun
vap·id·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.
—Antonyms 1. pungent. 2. stimulating.
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| vap·id
(vāp'ĭd, vā'pĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Latin vapidus.] va·pid'i·ty, vap'id·ness n., vap'id·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vapid
vapid
1656, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from L. vapidus "flat, insipid," lit. "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vapid | |
adjective | |
| 1. | lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland] |
| 2. | lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vapid
Vap"id\, a. [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.] Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. --Burke. -- Vap"id*ly, adv. -- Vap"id*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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