insipid （ɪnsípɪd）「味気ない」※savorは「味、風味」。sav,sipには〈味、風味〉の意味がある。印紙を貼るのは風情があるが、バーコードでは味気ない。「印紙ピッとは 味気ない。」
1610s, "without taste or perceptible flavor," from French insipide "insipid" (16c.), from Late Latin inspidus "tasteless," from in- "not" + Latin sapidus "tasty," from sapere "have a taste" (also "be wise;" see sapient). Figurative meaning "uninteresting, dull" first recorded in English 1640s, probably from Medieval Latin or the Romance languages, where it was a secondary sense.
形容詞
1
〈食物が〉風味のない (=tastless) ， まずい，気の抜けた.
2
無味乾燥な，おもしろみのない.(=dull, uninteresting)
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insipid conversation 退屈な会話. |
insipidly 副詞
insipidness 名詞
【語源】
ラテン語から; 名詞 insipidity
