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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapid \Vap"id\, a. [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit,
vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See {Vapor}.]
Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid;
flat; dull; unanimated; as vapid beer; a vapid speech; a
vapid state of the blood.
A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty,
appear flat and vapid to their taste. --Burke.
-- {Vap"id*ly}, adv -- {Vap"id*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vapid
adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes";
"vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: {bland}, {flat}, {flavorless},
{flavourless}, {insipid}, {savorless}]
2: lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a
vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid
schoolgirls"
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