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insulse

insulse adjective: insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless.

Adjective

insulse (comparative more insulse, superlative most insulse)

  1. (obsolete) insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless
    • […] will ever appeare among the judicious to be but an inſuls and frigid affectation.1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually...

Forms of insulse

comparativemore insulse
superlativemost insulse

Origin of insulse

From Latin īnsulsus; prefix in- not + salsus (“salted”), from salīre (“to salt”).

Questions about insulse

What does insulse mean?
Insulse means insipid, dull, stupid or tasteless.
What part of speech is insulse?
Insulse is an adjective.

Words near insulse in the dictionary

  1. insulizes
  2. insulizing
  3. insuloma
  4. insulostriatal
  5. insulous
  6. insulse
  7. insulsity
  8. insult
  9. insult one's intelligence
  10. insult to injury
  11. insultability

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