insipidity

insipidity englannista suomeksi

1. valjuus, mielenkiinnottomuus, ikävystyttävyys

0. Substantiivi

insipidity englanniksi

1. The condition of being insipid; insipidness.

2. 1735, (w), ''(w)'', Book I, Notes Variorum, in ''The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope'', Volume 2, London: Lawton Gilliver, p. 98,http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007702591

(w) was Poet Laureate, a cold writer, of no invention, but sometimes translated tolerably when befriended by Dryden|Mr. Dryden. In his second part of (w) are above two hundred admirable lines together of that great hand, which strongly shine through the insipidity of the rest.

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4. Something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc.

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1857|author=Addington Symonds (physician)|John Addington Symonds|title=The Principles of Beauty|location=London|publisher=Bell & Daldy|chapter=1|page=39|url=https://archive.org/details/principlesbeaut01symogoog

6. {{quote-book|en|year=1913|author=Isaac Goldberg|title=Sir Wm. S. Gilbert: A Study in Modern Satire|location=Boston|publisher=Stratford|chapter=4|page=84|url=https://archive.org/details/sirwmsgilbertas00goldgoog