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vapidness |
2 definitions found 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]: vapidness n : the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: {jejunity}, {jejuneness}, {tameness}, {vapidity}]
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