vapidity
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ɪd 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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vapid (ˈvæpɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 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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Word Origin & History
vapid
1650s, "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.
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Example sentences
So the influence of soaps may be far more positive than critics of their vapidity claim.
Contumely sometimes falls on the unreason the vapidity, the garrulity of medieval discourses, and it is sometimes merited.
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