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inˈsulse, a. Now rare.
[ad. L. insulsus, f. in- (in-3) + salsus witty, lit. salted, pa. pple. of salĕre, f. sal salt.]
1. Lacking wit or sense; dull, insipid, stupid; senseless, absurd.
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 142 Neither insulse nor insulting, either Pamphlets or Replies. 1641Milton Prel. Episc. 10 Not to speak of the insulse, and ill-layd comparison. 1642― Apol. Smect. Introd., Wks. (1851) 259 An insuls and frigid affectation. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §14 In our times a dull Man is said to be insipid or insulse. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Friar Gerund i. vii. 173 He said that Martial was insulse in respect to Catullus.
2. lit. Tasteless, insipid, dull or flat in taste.
1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 28 Some Plants are very brisk and quick, others insulse and flat. 1699― Acetaria (1729) 146 It may be too sharp, if it exceed a grateful Acid; too insulse and flat, if the Profusion be extreme. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Friar Gerund iv. ix. 196 An insipidity enough to make salt itself insulse. |