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Latin
Etymology
From in- + sapidus, from in- + sapiō + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnsipidus (feminine īnsipida, neuter īnsipidum); first/second-declension adjective
- tasteless
- unsavoury, unpalatable
- dull
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “insipidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “insipidus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “insipidus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC