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Vapid (văpˈĭd), a. [L. vapidus having lost its life 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”.
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A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke.
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-- Vap"id*ly (#), adv. -- Vap"id*ness, n.
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