insipid

  • 1insipid — 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

  • 2insipid — 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

  • 3Insipid — 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

  • 4insipid — [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

  • 5insipid — 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

  • 6insipid — [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,… …

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  • 7Insipid — (v. lat.), fad, geschmacklos …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 8Insipīd — (lat.), unschmackhaft; fade, albern …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 9Insipid — (lat.), unschmackhaft, albern …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 10Insipid — Insipid, lat. deutsch, fade, abgeschmackt …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon