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  • vapid, insipid — These words mean lacking flavor, life, or sharpness, dull and tedious : This cold drink is vapid (or insipid). The conversation we had was insipid (or vapid). What distinction there is between the words is that vapid suggests stupidity or… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • in|sip´id|ness — in|sip|id «ihn SIHP ihd», adjective. 1. without any particular flavor; tasteless: »A mixture of milk and water is an insipid drink. SYNONYM(S): flat. 2. Figurative. lacking interest or spirit; dull; uninteresting, colorless, or weak: »His insipid …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|sip´id|ly — in|sip|id «ihn SIHP ihd», adjective. 1. without any particular flavor; tasteless: »A mixture of milk and water is an insipid drink. SYNONYM(S): flat. 2. Figurative. lacking interest or spirit; dull; uninteresting, colorless, or weak: »His insipid …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|sip|id — «ihn SIHP ihd», adjective. 1. without any particular flavor; tasteless: »A mixture of milk and water is an insipid drink. SYNONYM(S): flat. 2. Figurative. lacking interest or spirit; dull; uninteresting, colorless, or weak: »His insipid conv …   Useful english dictionary

  • Olivia Shakespear — Photograph of Olivia Shakespear published in the 1897 Literary Yearbook Olivia Shakespear, (born Olivia Tucker; 17 March 1863 – 3 October 1938), was an English novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts. She wrote six books that are described… …   Wikipedia

  • Finnegans Wake — infobox Book | name = Finnegans Wake title orig = translator = author = James Joyce cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Sui generis publisher = Faber and Faber release date = 4 May 1939 media type = Print (Hardcover… …   Wikipedia

  • Aurora Leigh — (1856) is an epic/novel poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the name of its heroine. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman s number, the number of the prophetic books of the Sibyl). It is a first person… …   Wikipedia

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  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero — This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Zapatero. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero …   Wikipedia

  • Take Care — For song by Funker Vogt, see Take Care (Funker Vogt song). Take Care …   Wikipedia

  • Air — ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a[ e]r, fr. Gr. ah r, air, mist, for a[digamma]hr, fr. root a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the same Latin… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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