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  • insipid — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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 — [[t]ɪnsɪ̱pɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) 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. Syn: bland, tasteless 2) ADJ GRADED… …   English dictionary

  • insipid — in|sip|id [ınˈsıpıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: insipide, from Late Latin insipidus, from Latin sapere to taste ] 1.) food or drink that is insipid does not have much taste = ↑bland ▪ an insipid pasta dish 2.) not interesting,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • insipid — adjective 1 food or drink that is insipid does not have much taste: an insipid pasta dish 2 not interesting, exciting, or attractive: an insipid young man insipidly adverb insipidness, insipidity / Insifi pIditi/ noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • insipid — insipidity, insipidness, n. insipidly, adv. /in sip id/, adj. 1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality. 2. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup …   Universalium

  • insipid — in•sip•id [[t]ɪnˈsɪp ɪd[/t]] adj. 1) without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality[/ex] 2) without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup[/ex] • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

  • insipid — /ɪnˈsɪpəd / (say in sipuhd) adjective 1. without distinctive, interesting, or attractive qualities: an insipid tale. 2. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink: a rather insipid fruit. {Late Latin insipidus tasteless, from Latin …  

  • Castle Amber (Dungeons & Dragons) — DnDmodule| module title = Castle Amber module module code = X2 module rules = D D Expert Set module character levels = 3 6 module campaign = Mystara module authors = Tom Moldvay module first published = 1981 series = Castle Amber is a Dungeons… …   Wikipedia

  • flavorless — adjective lacking taste or flavor or tang a bland diet insipid hospital food flavorless supermarket tomatoes vapid beer vapid tea • Syn: ↑bland, ↑flat, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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