sipid

[ sip-id ]

adjective

1. having a pleasing taste or flavor.
2. of agreeably distinctive character.

Other Words From

• si·pid·i·ty [si-, pid, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sipid¹

First recorded in 1615–25; back formation from insipid

Example Sentences

Hence the Boston show is heavily freighted with affable but basically in sipid dining-room pictures of young Wasp rosebuds swathed in yards of white voile, clustered on lawns, playing on beaches, posing on verandas or picking flowers.

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