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The condition of being insipid; insipidness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1735, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book I, Notes Variorum, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 2, London: Lawton Gilliver, p. 98, Nahum Tate was Poet Laureate, a cold writer, of no invention, but sometimes translated tolerably when befriended by Mr. Dryden. In his second part of Absalom and Achitophel are above two hundred admirable lines together of that great hand, which strongly shine through the insipidity of the rest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blandness, insipidness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unappetizingness, unappetisingness
extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boringness, dreariness, insipidness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dullness
Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsipiditās. By surface analysis, insipid + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
insipidesa
— condition of being insipid
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Catalan:
insipiditat
— condition of being insipid
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Czech:
mdlost
— condition of being insipid
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French:
insipidité
— condition of being insipid
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Portuguese:
insipidez
— condition of being insipid
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Romanian:
insipiditate
— condition of being insipid
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Spanish:
insipidez
— condition of being insipid
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Spanish:
desazón
— condition of being insipid
