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Today's Word "vapid"

Lacking liveliness and spirit on

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vapid \VAP-id; VAY-pid\ (adjective) - 1 : Lacking liveliness and spirit; unanimated; spiritless; dull; as, "a vapid speech." 2 : Flavorless; lacking taste or zest; flat; as, "vapid beer."

"Its shoe-button eyes seemed to reflect a black, vapid horror, as if it had seen all the secrets of darkness during its long stay in the sandbox. Perhaps it had." -- Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot'

 

The source of vapid is Latin vapidus, "spiritless, spoiled, flat."


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