insipidityn.

/ɪnsɪˈpɪdɪti/

Etymology: < insipid adj. + -ity suffix: compare French insipidité (1572 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

1. The quality of being insipid.

a. Tastelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun]

wearishnessa1398

unsavouriness1422

tastelessness1600

flashinessa1603

wallowishness1603

insipidity1611

insipidnessa1631

deadness1707

flatness1707

mawkishness1727

walshness1808

ditchwateriness1840

savourlessness1841

blandness1846

silence1879

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insipidité, insipiditie, wallowishnesse, vnsauourinesse.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Insipidity, a being insipid, unsavoury.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. liv Water being signatur'd by its greatest Fluidity and Insipidity.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. II. 102 Water owes its agreeable taste to the presence of air; hence the insipidity of boiled water.

b. Want of life or spirit, lack of interest, dullness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > blandness or insipidity

flashinessa1603

frigidity1642

insipidness1711

insipidity1715

vapidity1721

vapidness1727

corporateness1755

vapidism1831

milk-and-wateriness1834

saltlessness1867

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > weak writing or discourse

wash1548

insipidness1711

writation1757

milk-and-water1792

wish-wash1842

slush1869

hogwash1870

insipidity1875

slosh1894

1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 247 The Reason of the Heaviness and Insipidity of my Behaviour.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xi. 127 Her insipidity was invariable, for even her spirits were always the same.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 113 The..insipidity of words worn out by the use of persons who have put neither knowledge nor feeling into them.

†c. Want of taste or judgement; weakness, folly Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun]

simplenessa1382

innocencec1385

simplessec1391

simplicityc1450

innocencya1513

simplehead1543

greenness1548

insipidity1603

seeliness1642

niaiserie1657

silliness1736

simpletonism1825

simple-mindedness1827

simpletonianism1848

noodleness1931

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 201 To teach him his mortalitie and our insipiditie.

1732 C. Wogan Let. to Swift 27 Feb. in J. Swift Wks. (1803) XVIII. 186 A lieutenant-general of the queen's army, that had courage and insipidity enough to hear the poor doctor preach to the bare walls.

2. With an and plural. An example of insipidity; an insipid person, remark, etc.

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

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of

unwitc1175

foliota1250

follyc1300

unwisdom1303

foolishness?1506

fooling?1545

foppery1546

foolery1562

filly-folly1565

impertinency1588

impertinence1603

silliness1624

idiotism1647

noddary1647

fondness1653

ineptitude1656

sottise1673

insipidity1822

bêtise1827

foolishment1871

jackassery1873

funny business1882

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > a vapid remark

insipidity1822

vapidity1848

1822 T. Carlyle Lett. The ‘mob of gentlemen’ talking insipidities and giving dinners.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 214 Various other men..some other half-dozen insipidities.

1884 Christian Commonw. 12 June 833/1 The utterance of a slight insipidity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	insipidity
释义	insipidityn. /ɪnsɪˈpɪdɪti/ Etymology: < insipid adj. + -ity suffix: compare French insipidité (1572 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. The quality of being insipid. a. Tastelessness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] wearishnessa1398 unsavouriness1422 tastelessness1600 flashinessa1603 wallowishness1603 insipidity1611 insipidnessa1631 deadness1707 flatness1707 mawkishness1727 walshness1808 ditchwateriness1840 savourlessness1841 blandness1846 silence1879 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insipidité, insipiditie, wallowishnesse, vnsauourinesse. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Insipidity, a being insipid, unsavoury. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. liv Water being signatur'd by its greatest Fluidity and Insipidity. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. II. 102 Water owes its agreeable taste to the presence of air; hence the insipidity of boiled water. b. Want of life or spirit, lack of interest, dullness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > blandness or insipidity flashinessa1603 frigidity1642 insipidness1711 insipidity1715 vapidity1721 vapidness1727 corporateness1755 vapidism1831 milk-and-wateriness1834 saltlessness1867 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > weak writing or discourse wash1548 insipidness1711 writation1757 milk-and-water1792 wish-wash1842 slush1869 hogwash1870 insipidity1875 slosh1894 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 247 The Reason of the Heaviness and Insipidity of my Behaviour. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xi. 127 Her insipidity was invariable, for even her spirits were always the same. View more context for this quotation 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 113 The..insipidity of words worn out by the use of persons who have put neither knowledge nor feeling into them. †c. Want of taste or judgement; weakness, folly Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun] simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplessec1391 simplicityc1450 innocencya1513 simplehead1543 greenness1548 insipidity1603 seeliness1642 niaiserie1657 silliness1736 simpletonism1825 simple-mindedness1827 simpletonianism1848 noodleness1931 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 201 To teach him his mortalitie and our insipiditie. 1732 C. Wogan Let. to Swift 27 Feb. in J. Swift Wks. (1803) XVIII. 186 A lieutenant-general of the queen's army, that had courage and insipidity enough to hear the poor doctor preach to the bare walls. 2. With an and plural. An example of insipidity; an insipid person, remark, etc. 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 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of unwitc1175 foliota1250 follyc1300 unwisdom1303 foolishness?1506 fooling?1545 foppery1546 foolery1562 filly-folly1565 impertinency1588 impertinence1603 silliness1624 idiotism1647 noddary1647 fondness1653 ineptitude1656 sottise1673 insipidity1822 bêtise1827 foolishment1871 jackassery1873 funny business1882 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > a vapid remark insipidity1822 vapidity1848 1822 T. Carlyle Lett. The ‘mob of gentlemen’ talking insipidities and giving dinners. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 214 Various other men..some other half-dozen insipidities. 1884 Christian Commonw. 12 June 833/1 The utterance of a slight insipidity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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