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单词 insipid
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insipidadj.n.

Brit. /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsɪpᵻd/
Etymology: < late Latin insipidus tasteless, < in- (in- prefix4) + sapidus well-tasted, wise, prudent, sapid adj.: compare French insipide (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). Sense A. 3 is found in medieval Latin and the Romanic languages, whence apparently in English.
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.
3. Devoid of taste, intelligence, or judgement; stupid, foolish, dull. Obsolete.
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.
B. n.
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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