Vapid
Adjective
Etymology: adaptation from Latin vapidus (of wine, evaporated; hence, savourless, insipid), from vapor (= vapour)
First definition: (Of wine and other spirituous liquors) savourless or insipid in consequence of having lost its alcohol or spirit; this is, without briskness
Synonyms: flat, unspirited,
Antonyms: brisk, spirited
It may be approximately translated by insípido, in Spanish; insipido, in Italian; insipide, in French.
Chenin blanc has had a bad rap, especially in California, for producing a lot of sweetish, characterless, vapid wine. Orange Coast Magazine, March 1997
The only other red wine grape to be found in Burgundy is the Gamay. It is widely planted in the Mâconnais area and generally produces vapid wines. Robert M. Parker (Burgundy)
Chaptal by conveying the carbonic acid (and the mucilage dissolved in it) escaping from fermenting wine, into a tub of water, converted it into vinegar. By the same means Henry fermented wort, and made vapid beer brisk. John Naismith (Elements of agriculture)
[Heading] This is added to thin and vapid beer to make it bear a frothy head. Arnold James Cooley (A cyclopaedia of practical receipts)
Second definition: (With less propriety: of other beverages than the spirituous ones, of the taste, and of comestibles) insipid, savourless
He pulled his own drawing-table to the window, set out his board and colour-box, filled a great glass from the seltzer-water bottle, drank some of the vapid liquor, and plunged his brushes in the rest, with which he began to paint. William Makepeace Thackeray (The Newcomes)
No vapid tea, or cold toast, and greasy butter, and chipped meat. Massachusetts Spy 18 Aug. 1819
Vapid […] trees, producing vapid fruit. John Badcock (Domestic Amusements)
Third definition: (Metaphorically) uninteresting, as if it were insipid
No, ladies and gentlemen, do not let us be discouraged or deceived by any fine, vapid, empty words. Charles Dickens (Speeches)
The Englishman must not be bored. When once gained, he is worth preserving. He does not affect the vapid phrases of ceremony or politesse. The New Monthly Magazine, vol. 99
Foul and filthy as the room is, foul and filthy as the air is, it is not easy to perceive what fumes those are which most oppress the senses in it; but through the general sickliness and faintness, and the odour of stale tobacco, there comes into the lawyer's mouth the bitter, vapid taste of opium. Charles Dickens (Bleak house)
Other English vocables derived from Latin vapour: vaporability, vaporable, vaporific, vaporiform, vaporish, vaporizable, vaporization, vaporize, vaporized, vaporizing, vaporizer, vaporosity, vaporous, vaporously, vaporousness, vapour (noun, verb), vapoured, vapourer, vapouring, vapouringly, vapourish, vapourishness, vapourized, vapourless, vapoury, evaporate, evaporated, evaporating, evaporation, evaporative, evaporator, evaporite, evaporize, evapotranspire, evotranspiration, evapotranspire, re-evaporate, re-evaporation
Other English vocables derived from vapid: vapidity, vapidly, vapidness
