insipidness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INSIP'IDNESS, noun 1. Want of taste, or the power of exciting sensation in the tongue. 2. Want of life or spirit. Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's.
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