Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dull; insipid; stupid: as, “insulse and frigid affectation,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Insipid; dull; stupid.
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- adjective obsolete
insipid ;dull ;stupid
Etymologies
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Latin insulsus; prefix in- not + salsus salted, from salire, salsum, to salt.
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Examples
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The _insulse latum_ refers to the law now passed granting him the triumph in spite of this.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Milton, genuine admirer of Hebrew learning though he was and a man not averse to using "Christian talmudic" arguments of his own when occasion required, permits himself one or two uncomplimentary references to the "insulse rules" of the Talmud.
fbharjo commented on the word insulse
insulse adding insulse to injury to fracture a cliche???
January 13, 2007