insulso

From Latin īnsulsus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈsul.so/

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• Rhymes: -ulso
• Hyphenation: in‧sùl‧so

insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsi, feminine plural insulse, superlative insulsissimo)

1. dull, silly, foolish

   Synonym: sciocco

2. insipid, namby-pamby

   Synonym: insipido

• insulsaggine
• insulsamente

• insulso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Lussino, lussino

īnsulsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsulsus

From Latin īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”). Doublet of insosso.

• Rhymes: -uwsu, -ulsu
• Hyphenation: in‧sul‧so

insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)

1. unsalted, tasteless
2. (figuratively) which is not funny; clumsy

Borrowed from Latin īnsulsus (“unsalted”). Doublet of soso.

• IPA^(key): /inˈsulso/ [ĩnˈsul.so]
• Rhymes: -ulso
• Syllabification: in‧sul‧so

insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)

1. insipid, bland

   Synonyms: insípido, soso

2. ungracious
3. dull, boring

   Synonym: soso

• “insulso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024