Insip'id, a

[Fr. insipide, from Lat. insipid us, from in- =not, and sapid us = savory; sapio =to taste; Ital. & Sp. insipido.J 1. Tastele : wanting in taste; destitute of taste or savor; vapid. "More pregnant patterns of transcendent worth Than barren and insipid fruit brings forth." Carew: To Sir W. Davenant. 2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; dull; heavy; wanting in the qualities which excite emotion; flat. "His art is faint; his salt, if may dare to say so, almost insipid."-Dryden: Juvenal. (Dedic.) *3. Dull, listle , dispirited. "Without it all is gothic as the scene, To which th' insipid citizen resorts Near yonder heath."- Cowper : Task , iii. 642. An insipid writer is without sentiment of any kind or degree; a dull writer fails in vivacity and vigor of sentiment; a flat performance is wanting in the property of provoking mirth, which should be its peculiar ingredient. in-si-pid-i-ty, s. [Fr. insipid ité , from insipide =insipid (q. v.).] insnaring 1. The quality or state of being insipid or tastele ; tastele ne ; want or absence of taste. 2. Want of life, spirit, or animation; dullne , flatne . "The harshne of remonstrance or the insipidity of truth."- Rambler , No. 162. in-sip-Id-lỹ, adv . [Eng. insipid ; -ly.] 1. In an insipid manner; without taste. 2. Dully; flatly. "How pitifully, flatly, and insipidly will they [our pretty notions, and fine-spun controversies] taste. ' Sharp : Sermons, vol. i., ser. 1. *in-sip-i-ençe, s. [O. Fr., from Lat. insipient i a , from in- =not, and sapient i a =wisdom; sapiens = wise; Sp. insipiencia ; Ital. insipienza .] Want of understanding or intellect; folly, foolishne . "The ring her tooke of his insipience." Browne: Shepherd's Pipe, Ecl. 1. *In-sip-I-ent, a . & s. [Lat. insipiens , from in- = not, and spent wi IMG:content-1724.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] *1. To dwell on or upon in discourse; to dilate upon as a matter of special moment. "Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace."- Dryden : Juvenal . (Dedic.) 2. To be persistent, urgent, or peremptory concerning any matter; to persist in; to pre or urge earnestly and persistently.