insipidity
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insipidity
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsipiditās. By surface analysis, insipid + -ity.
noun insipidities
- The condition of being insipid; insipidness. 1735, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book I, Notes Variorum, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 2, London: Lawton Gilliver, p. 98, Nahum Tate was Poet Laureate, a cold writer, of no invention, but sometimes translated tolerably when befriended by Mr. Dryden. In his second part of Absalom and A
- Something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc. The lovers of beauty, preferring what is dull to what is offensive, will rather doze over the inanities and insipidities of a drowsy dilettantism, than choose to be irritated into wakeful attention by ugly contours, disproportioned figures, and ill-assorted colours, drawn and arranged after the hard
Similar: insipidness, wearishness
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Similar: insipidness, wearishness
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noun condition of being insipid
| Español | insipidez, desazón |
|---|---|
| Português | insipidez |
| Français | insipidité |
| Română | insipiditate |
Talk about this word "insipidity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/insipidity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. insipidity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/insipidity "insipidity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/insipidity.Cite this
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