(adjective) : insulsus, a, um, 2. in-salsus
* Unsalted, insipid.
* Lit.: amurcā insulsā perfundunt sulcos,Col. 2, 9: gula,that longs for tasteless things,Cic. Att. 13, 31, 4. — Comp.: cibus insulsior,Hier. Ep. 22, 40.
* Trop.
* Bungling, awkward: Tyndaris illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra laevaque tenebat,Juv. 6, 658.
* Tasteless, insipid, silly, absurd: non insulsum huic ingeniumst,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 79: est etiam in verbo positum non insulsum genus (ridiculi),Cic. de Or. 2, 64: multa (in sermone) nec illitterata, nec insulsa esse videntur,id. Fam. 9, 16: adulescens,id. Cael. 29: acuti, nec insulsi hominis sententia,id. Tusc. 1, 8.—Sup.: insulsissimus homo,Cat. 17, 12.—As subst.: insulsae, ārum, f. (sc mulieres), silly creatures, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2. — Adv.: insulsē, tastelessly, insipidly, foolishly, absurdly: aliquid facere,Cic. Att. 15, 4: insulse, arroganter dicere,id. ib. 5, 10: non insulse interpretari,not amiss, not badly,id. de Or. 2, 54.—Comp.: nihil potest dici insulsius,Gell. 16, 12.—Sup.: haec etiam addit insulsissime,Gell. 12, 2, 6.

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