English Dictionary: vapidness | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vapid \Vap"id\, a. [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See {Vapor}.] Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. --Burke. -- {Vap"id*ly}, adv. -- {Vap"id*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivid \Viv"id\, a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See {Quick}, a., and cf. {Revive}, {Viand}, {Victuals}, {Vital}.] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. --Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. --Bp. Hobart. 2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --South. Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. -- {Viv"id*ly}, adv. -- {Viv"id*ness}, n. |