单词 | insipid |
释义 | insipidadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Without taste, tasteless; also, having only a very slight taste; without perceptible flavour or flavour sufficient to gratify the palate. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 109 There are also some Apples that are insipid, or without taste. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §632 There be Plants that haue their Roots very Hot and Aromaticall; And their Seeds rather Insipide; As Ginger. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 82 No water can be pure that is not quite insipid. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 23 The tame rabbits are larger than the wild ones..but their flesh is not so good, being more insipid and softer. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 96 Good and recent yellow wax has odour of honey in a slight degree, is insipid. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 87 The rest of the earths are insipid, and are scarcely at all soluble in water. b. Pathology. insipid diabetes (diabetes insipidus), a form of the disease, distinguished from saccharine diabetes (diabetes mellitus): see diabetes n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > metabolic disorders > [noun] > diabetes > types of insipid diabetes1883 bronzed diabetes1898 haemochromatosis1899 bronze diabetes1901 type 11977 type 21977 1883 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 2) x. 79 In this kind of retention there is frequently, and probably always, a kind of insipid diabetes present. 2. figurative. Wanting the qualities which excite interest or emotion; uninteresting, lifeless, dull, flat.In many early quotations it is doubtful whether the sense meant was 2 or 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > vapid or insipid pappy1597 watery1605 milk-and-water1753 vapid1758 unracy1782 swashy1796 washy1806 milk-and-waterish1807 wish-washy1814 insipid1845 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 562 In this Coach..went Mrs. Barlow, the Kings Mistris & mother to the Duke of Monemoth, a browne, beautifull, bold, but insipid creature. 1710–11 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 89 This was an insipid snowy day, no walking day. 1723 Ormond Lett. II. 33 I am still such an insipid correspondent. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 36 How soon does a face that wants expression, grow insipid, tho' it be ever so pretty. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. viii. 115 Mr. Mountchesney and Lord Milford poured forth several insipid compliments. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 7 Kisses, though pleasant in private, are insipid in public. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 185 I am sorry..that you should glory in such insipide arguing. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 29 Sept. (1970) III. 208 ‘Midsummers nights dreame’..is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 15 Jan. (1972) VI. 10 To church, where a most insipid young coxcomb preached. 1694 Ld. Delamere Wks. 20 Words and Phrases without Sense Tickle the Ears of insipid people. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 642 Without it [elegance], all is gothic as the scene To which th' insipid citizen resorts. An insipid person or thing; one who is deficient in sense, spirit, or taste. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] mis-feelinga1382 noddyship?1589 shallow-pate1600 wattle-head1613 insensiblea1618 non-intelligent1628 underhead1643 no conjurer1668 insipid1699 shallow-brains1707 sillytonian1707 inane1710 coof1724 incapable1809 ganache1814 insipidity1822 wanwit1837 opacity1844 stupiditarian1850 scant-brain1864 insensate1877 slowie1901 no-brow1926 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity weariness1560 insipid1699 prose1743 bore1778 insipidity1822 ennui1849 yawn1889 palaver1920 bind1930 binder1930 corn1936 yawner1942 ho-hum1963 vicarage tea party1973 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person grub1653 noddeea1680 insipid1699 rocker1762 bore1812 Dryasdust1819 insipidity1822 prose1844 bagpipe1850 vampire1862 pill1865 jeff1870 terebrant1890 poop1893 stodger1905 club bore1910 nudnik1916 stodge1922 dreary1925 dreep1927 binder1930 drip1932 douchebag1946 drear1958 drag1959 noodge1968 anorak1984 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Insipids, Block-heads. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 116 Whether the Flights of their Insipids are Ecstacies of the Adored, or of the Horrid. 1781 Compl. Mod. London Spy 24 It was therefore agreed to class me as an insipid. 1796 C. Lamb Let. 30 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 9 Tis better not to think too much of pleasant possibles, that we may not be out of humour with present insipids. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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