insulso
Italian
Etymology
From Latin īnsulsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈsul.so/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ulso
- Hyphenation: in‧sùl‧so
Adjective
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsi, feminine plural insulse, superlative insulsissimo)
- dull, silly, foolish
- Synonym: sciocco
- insipid, namby-pamby
- Synonym: insipido
Derived terms
- insulsaggine
- insulsamente
Further reading
- insulso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Lussino, lussino
Latin
Adjective
īnsulsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsulsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”). Compare Portuguese insosso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈsulso/ [ĩnˈsul.so]
- Rhymes: -ulso
- Syllabification: in‧sul‧so
Adjective
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)
- insipid, bland
- Synonyms: insípido, soso
- ungracious
- dull, boring
- Synonym: soso
Further reading
- “insulso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014