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Webster 1913 Edition

Vapid

Vap′id

(văp′ĭd)
,
Adj.
[L.
vapidus
having lost its life 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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vapid

VAP'ID

,
Adj.
[L. vapidus. The radical verb is not in the Latin, but the sense must be to pass or fly off, to escape; or to strike down. L. vapulo. It is probably allied to vapor.]
1.
Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; flat; as vapid beer; a vapid state of the blood.
2.
Dull; unaminated.

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