English
insipidness
From insipid + -ness.
A compound of insipid + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *sep- ‘to taste, to try out’
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Latin sapiō ‘to have taste, have flavour, be intelligent,…’
Latin sapidus ‘savory’
Latin īnsipidus ‘tasteless’
French insipide ‘insipid, bland, tasteless’
English insipid
Today it means
noun A lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness.
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