Meaning

adjective lacking taste or flavor or tang

adjective lacking interest or significance or impact

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *sep- Proto-Italic *sapiō Latin sapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin sapidus Latin īnsipiduslbor. French insipidebor. English insipid From French insipide, from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”). In some senses,…

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