insulse

I1N1S1U1L1S1E1

adjective

insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless

OriginLatin īnsulsus →
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Meanings

adjectiveinsulse (comparative more insulse, superlative most insulse)

comparative more insulse · superlative most insulse

  1. obsoleteinsipid, dull, stupid or tasteless

    […] will ever appeare among the judicious to be but an inſuls and frigid affectation.

    1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 172

Origin

  1. Latinīnsulsus
  2. Englishinsulse

From Latin īnsulsus; prefix in- not + salsus (“salted”), from salīre (“to salt”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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