Noah Webster
Insipid
INSIP'ID, adjective [Latin insipidus; in and sapidus, sapio, to taste.]
1. Tasteless; destitute of taste; wanting the qualities which affect the organs of taste; vapid; as insipid liquor.
2. Wanting spirit, life or animation; wanting pathos, or the power of exciting emotions; flat; dull; heavy; as an insipid address; an insipid composition.
3. Wanting power to gratify desire; as insipid pleasure.