Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dull; insipid; stupid: as, “insulse and frigid affectation,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Insipid; dull; stupid.

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  • adjective obsolete insipid; dull; stupid

Etymologies

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Latin insulsus; prefix in- not + salsus salted, from salire, salsum, to salt.

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  • insulse adding insulse to injury to fracture a cliche???

    January 13, 2007