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Webster 1913 Edition

Insipid

In-sip′id

,
Adj.
[L.
insipidus
; pref.
in-
not +
sapidus
savory, fr.
sapere
to taste: cf. F.
insipide
. See
Savor
.]
1.
Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless;
as,
insipid
drink or food
.
Boyle.
2.
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy;
as, an
insipid
woman; an
insipid
composition.
Flat,
insipid
, and ridiculous stuff to him.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Insipid

INSIP'ID

,
Adj.
[L. insipidus; in and sapidus, sapio, to taste.]
1.
Tasteless; destitute of taste; wanting the qualities which affect the organs of taste; vapid; as insipid liquor.
2.
Wanting spirit, life or animation; wanting pathos, or the power of exciting emotions; flat; dull; heavy; as an insipid address; an insipid composition.
3.
Wanting power to gratify desire; as insipid pleasure.

Definition 2024

insípid

insípid

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Adjective

insípid m ‎(feminine insípida, masculine plural insípids, feminine plural insípides)

  1. insipid

Etymology

From Latin īnsipidus ‎(“tasteless”), from in- ‎(“not”) + sapidus ‎(“savory”).

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