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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSIP'ID, a. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid]
2: lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" [syn: insipid, jejune]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French & Late Latin; French insipide, from Late Latin insipidus, from Latin in- + sapidus savory, from sapere to taste — more at sage Date: 1609 1. lacking taste or savor ; tasteless <insipid food> 2. lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge ; dull, flat <insipid prose> • insipidity noun • insipidly adverb Synonyms: insipid, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest <an insipid romance with platitudes on every page>. vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit <an exciting story given a vapid treatment>. flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest <although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat>. jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance <a jejune and gassy speech>. banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy <a banal tale of unrequited love>. inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality <an inane interpretation of the play>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 lacking vigour or interest; dull. 2 lacking flavour; tasteless. Derivatives: insipidity n. insipidly adv. insipidness n. Etymology: F insipide or LL insipidus (as IN-(1), sapidus SAPID)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Insipid In*sip"id, a. [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. But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. --Dryden. Syn: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated; lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe food or drink as insipid, you dislike it because it has very little taste. It tasted indescribably bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard. = bland, flavourless ADJ [disapproval] 2. If you describe someone or something as insipid, you mean they are dull and boring. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid... ADJ [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Tasteless, gustless, savorless, vapid, mawkish, stale, flat. 2. Spiritless, lifeless, heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, uninteresting, unentertaining.

Moby Thesaurus

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