insipid ******************************************************************************** 1. Without taste, tasteless; also, having only a very slight taste; without perceptible flavour or flavour sufficient to gratify the palate. b. Path. insipid diabetes (diabetes insipidus), a form of the disease, distinguished from saccharine diabetes (diabetes mellitus): see DIABETES. 2. fig. Wanting the qualities which excite interest or emotion; uninteresting, lifeless, dull, flat. (In many early quotations it is doubtful whether the sense meant was 2 or 3.) {dag}3. Devoid of taste, intelligence, or judgement; stupid, foolish, dull. Obs. {dag}B. as n. An insipid person or thing; one who is deficient in sense, spirit, or taste. Obs.