In*sip"id (?), a. [L. insipidus;
pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to
taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor.]
1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the
organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as,
insipid drink or food. Boyle.
2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation;
uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid
woman; an insipid composition.
Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to
him.
South.
But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to
say so, almost insipid.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated;
lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.