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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + salsus (“salted, witty”).
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.