Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-SIP'ID, a. [Fr. insipide; L. 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 pleasures.