insipid wine

insipid wine
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  • vapid — [vap′id] adj. [L vapidus, stale, insipid, akin to vappa, stale wine: for IE base see VAPOR] 1. tasteless; flavorless; flat 2. uninteresting; lifeless; dull; boring [vapid talk] SYN. INSIPID vapidly adv. vapidness n …   English World dictionary

  • Vap — (v[a^]p), n. [See {Vapid}.] That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put into it nothing but the dead lees and vap of wine.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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