20 February 2014

vapid

[vap-id]

adjective

1. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
2. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin vapidus; akin to vapor

Related forms
va·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, noun
vap·id·ly, adverb

Can be confused: vacant, vacuous, vapid.

Synonyms
1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.

Antonyms
1. pungent. 2. stimulating

Today’s aphorism

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

– Frederick Douglass

On this day

20 February 1895 – death of Frederick Douglass, considered to be the father of the American civil rights movement. Douglass was a social reformer,orator, writer, statesmen and preacher. He was born circa February 1818.

20 February 1970 – birthday of Kurt Cobain. Lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Nirvana.

20 February 2005 – death of Hunter S. Thompson, American writer and gonzo journalist.