vapidity

[vap-id]

vap·id

[vap-id]
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.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin vapidus; akin to vapor

va·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, noun
vap·id·ly, adverb

vacant, vacuous, vapid.


1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.


1. pungent. 2. stimulating.

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vapid (ˈvæpɪd)
 
adj
1.  bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
2.  boring or dull; lifeless: vapid talk
 
[C17: from Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth]
 
va'pidity
 
n
 
'vapidly
 
adv
 
'vapidness
 
n

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