insulsity means lack of taste, insipidity. It carries an Arena rating of 1453, earned across 38 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, insulsity ranks #688 of 13,220 for Most Incisive Words, #3,348 of 13,220 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #4,942 of 13,220 for Most Malleable Words, #5,190 of 13,220 for Most Vivid Words.
Why “insulsity” is a great word
INSULSITY — [Noun] A state of being insipid, lacking taste or intellectual sharpness; dullness or foolishness. From the Latin insulsitas, from insulsus ("unsalted, tasteless"), from in- ("not") + salsus ("salted"). Unlike "insipidity," which denotes a bland lack of flavor, or "inanity," which emphasizes empty senselessness, insulsity is the specific, wearying flatness of an unseasoned intellect. It is the flavorless murmur of a polite but vacant conversation, the gray monologue of a pedant droning in a dusty room, and the joke that lands with the thud of a damp cloth—a quiet tragedy of a world stripped of all savor and salt.
Etymology
Latin insulsitas.
noun
- lack of taste, insipidity
- stupidity, foolishness or dullness
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