VAPID
What does "VAPID" mean?
Offering nothing stimulating or interesting; dull, flat, and lifeless.
Meanings
- Lacking liveliness, depth, or interest; insipid. The interview was full of vapid small talk.
- Of a drink: having lost its flavour, sparkle, or freshness; flat. The wine had gone vapid in the open bottle. archaic
Did you know?
- 'Vapid' first described drinks gone flat, not boring people: it comes from the same Latin root as 'vapor', the image being a wine whose lively spirit had literally evaporated.
Word origin
From Latin 'vapidus' meaning 'flat, spiritless, that has lost its life or sparkle', related to 'vapor' ('steam, exhalation') - as if the spirit had evaporated away.
Remember it
VAPID hides 'VAPor' - imagine the sparkle evaporating off a flat drink, leaving it dull and lifeless.
A little poem
Champagne left uncorked-
by morning the bright spirit
has gone somewhere else.
haiku
Wordplay
- The soda and the speech had the same flaw: both went flat the moment you opened them.
What it teaches
Polish without spark is just a flat surface; people remember the fizz, not the smoothness.
Quick facts
What does VAPID mean?
Offering nothing stimulating or interesting; dull, flat, and lifeless.
Is VAPID a valid word?
Yes — VAPID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VAPID?
VAPID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VAPID come from?
From Latin 'vapidus' meaning 'flat, spiritless, that has lost its life or sparkle', related to 'vapor' ('steam, exhalation') - as if the spirit had evaporated away.
What can VAPID teach us?
Polish without spark is just a flat surface; people remember the fizz, not the smoothness.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.