Definitions for insipid
ɪnˈsɪp ɪdin·sipid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapidadjective

   lacking taste or flavor or tang

   "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

2. insipid, jejuneadjective

   lacking interest or significance or impact

   "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. insipidadjective

   Unappetizingly flavorless.

   The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

2. insipidadjective

   Flat; lacking character or definition.

   The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.

3. insipidadjective

   Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

   Greeting cards contain some of the the most insipid words ever written.

4. Etymology: From insipidus, from in- + sapidus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INSIPIDadjective

   Etymology: insipider, French; insipidus, Latin.

   1. Without taste; without power of affecting the organs of gust.

   Some earths yield, by distillation, a liquor very far from being inodorous or insipid. Boyle.

   This chyle is the natural and alimentary pituita, which the ancients described as insipid. John Floyer, on the Humours.

   She lays some useful bile aside,
   To tinge the chyle's insipid tide. Matthew Prior.

   2. Without spirit; without pathos; flat; dull; heavy.

   The gods have made your noble mind for me,
   And her insipid soul for Ptolemy;
   A heavy lump of earth without desire,
   A heap of ashes that o'er-lays your fire. John Dryden, Cleom.

   Some short excursions of a broken vow
   He made indeed, but flat insipid stuff. John Dryden, Don Sebast.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insipid

   Insipid refers to something lacking flavor, zest, interest, or excitement. It often denotes dullness, blandness or tediousness, whether in terms of taste or character. It can be used to describe food, a person's personality, a piece of writing, a conversation, or an event, amongst other things.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Insipidadjective

   wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food

2. Insipidadjective

   wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insipid

   in-sip′id, adj. tasteless: wanting spirit or animation: dull.—adv. Insip′idly.—ns. Insip′idness, Insipid′ity, want of taste. [Fr.,—Low L.,—L. in, not, sapidus, well-tasted—sapĕre, to taste.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insipid in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insipid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of insipid in a Sentence

1. William James:

   A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

3. Miguel Cervantes:

   I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

4. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

5. Chris Williamson:

   The overall pace of expansion remains insipid rather than impressive. This is perhaps not surprising given the heightened degree of uncertainty surrounding the Greek debt talks that was seen during the month.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insipid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insipid
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=insipid
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insipid
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=insipid