vapidityn.

Brit.

/vaˈpɪdᵻti/,

/vəˈpɪdᵻti/, U.S.

/vəˈpɪdᵻdi/

Etymology: < vapid adj. + -ity suffix.

1. The fact or quality of being vapid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > blandness or insipidity

flashinessa1603

frigidity1642

insipidness1711

insipidity1715

vapidity1721

vapidness1727

corporateness1755

vapidism1831

milk-and-wateriness1834

saltlessness1867

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Vapidity, deadness, flatness, a being palled.

1771 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 256 After a violent ferment in the nation, as remarkable a deadness and vapidity has succeeded.

1822 Examiner 347/1 [It] threw such a gloom and vapidity over all that we never saw the beautiful opera with so little pleasure.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 Master Froth strays from the right path from sheer vapidity.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. liv. 536 Surely such passages as these ought to be more than adequate to defend the Pastoral Epistles from the charge of vapidity.

2. A vapid remark, idea, feature, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > a vapid remark

insipidity1822

vapidity1848

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 266 Their pet historian..cannot make a single speech without dragging in..some vapidity about the Revolution Settlement.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lv. 403 Teaching..so searching and practical, compared with the vapidities of the Rabbis.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 7 Those upon whom the crudities and vapidities of the ‘commission’ portraits..jar.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vapidity
释义	vapidityn. Brit. /vaˈpɪdᵻti/, /vəˈpɪdᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈpɪdᵻdi/ Etymology: < vapid adj. + -ity suffix. 1. The fact or quality of being vapid. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > blandness or insipidity flashinessa1603 frigidity1642 insipidness1711 insipidity1715 vapidity1721 vapidness1727 corporateness1755 vapidism1831 milk-and-wateriness1834 saltlessness1867 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Vapidity, deadness, flatness, a being palled. 1771 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 256 After a violent ferment in the nation, as remarkable a deadness and vapidity has succeeded. 1822 Examiner 347/1 [It] threw such a gloom and vapidity over all that we never saw the beautiful opera with so little pleasure. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 Master Froth strays from the right path from sheer vapidity. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. liv. 536 Surely such passages as these ought to be more than adequate to defend the Pastoral Epistles from the charge of vapidity. 2. A vapid remark, idea, feature, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > a vapid remark insipidity1822 vapidity1848 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 266 Their pet historian..cannot make a single speech without dragging in..some vapidity about the Revolution Settlement. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lv. 403 Teaching..so searching and practical, compared with the vapidities of the Rabbis. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 7 Those upon whom the crudities and vapidities of the ‘commission’ portraits..jar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1721
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