- insipid
- UK [ɪnˈsɪpɪd] / US
adjective formal
1) not enjoyable to eat or drink because of having very little taste2) boring, dull, or pale, with no interesting features
The walls were painted an insipid beige colour.
English dictionary. 2014.
insipid
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insipid — INSIPÍD, Ă, insipizi, de, adj. (Despre corpuri chimice, substanţe etc.) Fără gust; (despre alimente) fad, searbăd. ♦ fig. Fără spirit, fără haz, anost. – Din fr. insipide. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 INSIPÍD adj. dulceag, fad,… … Dicționar Român
insipid — insipid, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, wishy washy, inane mean devoid of qualities which give spirit, character, or substance to a thing. Something insipid is without taste, or savor, or pungency; the term is applied not only to food and drink… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Insipid — In*sip id, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insipid — [in sip′id] adj. [< Fr & LL: Fr insipide < LL insipidus < L in , not + sapidus, savory < sapere, to taste: see SAPIENT] 1. without flavor; tasteless 2. not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless insipidity n. pl. insipidities… … English World dictionary
insipid — 1610s, without taste or perceptible flavor, from Fr. insipide (16c.), from L.L. inspidus tasteless, from L. in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sapidus tasty, from sapere have a taste (also be wise; see SAPIENT (Cf … Etymology dictionary
insipid — [adj1] dull, uninteresting anemic, arid, banal, beige, blah*, bland, characterless, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, driveling, dry, feeble, flat, ho hum*, inane, innocuous, jejune, lifeless, limp, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary,… … New thesaurus
Insipid — (v. lat.), fad, geschmacklos … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Insipīd — (lat.), unschmackhaft; fade, albern … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Insipid — (lat.), unschmackhaft, albern … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Insipid — Insipid, lat. deutsch, fade, abgeschmackt … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
insipid — I adjective banal, bloodless, boring, colorless, diluted, dreary, dull, feeble, flat, flavorless, frigidus, halfhearted, impotent, inactive, ineffective, ineptus, insubstantial, insulsus, irresolute, languid, limp, pointless, powerless, savorless … Law dictionary
