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inˈsulsity Now rare. [ad. L. insulsitās, n. of quality f. insulsus insulse.] The quality of being ‘insulse’; stupidity, senselessness.
1623Cockeram, Insulsitie, folly. 1643Milton Divorce ii. iii, To justifie the councells of God and Fate from the insulsity of mortall tongues. 1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Melancthon 235 The insulsitie and blockishnesse of the man. 1658Phillips, Insulsity, unsavoriness,..also folly, bluntness of wit. 1900Speaker 3 Mar. 598/1 That quality [humour] in him saves the (unavoidably expurgated) Falstaff, and Shallow, and Fluellen from insulsity. |