English Explanatory Dictionary

insipid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unappetizingly flavorless.
  2. Flat; lacking character or definition.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/ en-us-insipid.ogg en-au-insipid.ogg

Word forms

insipid more insipid most insipid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- 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, perhaps influenced by insipient (“unwise, foolish, stupid”).

Synonyms

bland cardboard flaggy flavorless ingustible intastable savorless insipid tame gustless sapidless mawkish smackless tasteless unsavory untasteable vapid wallowish watery waugh wearish wersh boring vacuous dull characterless colourless

Antonyms

gustable savory savorous sapid flavoury saporific saporous tastable tasteable

Related words

insipient boring weak

Derived words

insipidity insipidly insipidness insipid schizotypal uninsipid
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