Vapid

Vap′id

(văp′ĭd)

,

Adj.

[L.

vapidus

having lost its life 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

(#)

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adv.

–

Vap′id-ness

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Noun.

Vapid

VAP'ID

,

Adj.

[L. vapidus. The radical verb is not in the Latin, but the sense must be to pass or fly off, to escape; or to strike down. L. vapulo. It is probably allied to vapor.]

1.

Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; flat; as vapid beer; a vapid state of the blood.

2.

Dull; unaminated.

vapid

English

Adjective

vapid ‎(comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 (ISBN 1857150570)
  Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

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See Wikisaurus:boring, Wikisaurus:wearisome, Wikisaurus:soporific

Translations

lifeless, dull, or banal

Faroese: einkisigandi
Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi), mielenkiinnoton, tympeä (fi)
French: amorphe (fr), inintéressant (fr), insignifiant (fr), niais (fr), gourde (fr), terne (fr), bête (fr), couillon (fr), cucul (fr), cucul-la-praline (fr), mièvre (fr)
German: nichtssagend (de), geistlos, flach (de), kraftlos (de)
Italian: insulso (it), scipito (it)

Russian: ску́чный (ru) ‎(skúčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh), beznačajan (sh), banalan (sh), bezvezan (sh)
Spanish: soso (es), bobo (es), memo (es), papanatas (es), pavitonto, zoquete (es), sin vida
Swedish: andefattig (sv), tråkig (sv)
Walloon: tantaloye (wa) m, f

tasteless, bland, or insipid

Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi), valju
French: insipide (fr), plat (fr), fade (fr), fadasse (fr)
German: fad (de), schal (de), flach (de)
Ido: insipida (io)
Italian: insipido (it), scipito (it)
Russian: безвку́сный (ru) ‎(bezvkúsnyj)

Serbo-Croatian: bezukusan (sh), bljutav (sh), neukusan (sh)
Sicilian: dissàpitu (scn)
Spanish: insípido (es), soso (es), insulso (es)
Swedish: fadd (sv)

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