insulsus

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Latin

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ salsus (“salted, witty”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Adjective

īnsulsus (feminine īnsulsa, neuter īnsulsum); first/second-declension adjective

unsalted, flavorless
(figuratively) bungling, awkward
(figuratively) insipid, tasteless, absurd
Synonyms: īnsipidus, fatuus, iners

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	īnsulsus	īnsulsa	īnsulsum		īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsa
genitive	īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsī		īnsulsōrum	īnsulsārum	īnsulsōrum
dative	īnsulsō	īnsulsae	īnsulsō		īnsulsīs
accusative	īnsulsum	īnsulsam	īnsulsum		īnsulsōs	īnsulsās	īnsulsa
ablative	īnsulsō	īnsulsā	īnsulsō		īnsulsīs
vocative	īnsulse	īnsulsa	īnsulsum		īnsulsī	īnsulsae	īnsulsa

Derived terms

Descendants

Italian: insulso
Portuguese: insosso, insonso, insulso
Spanish: insulso, soso

References

“insulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“insulsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
insulsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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