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extemporaneous
English
Etymology
From Late Latin extempor?neus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?ks?t?mp??e?ni.?s/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ks?t?m.p??(?)?e?n.i.?s/
- Rhymes: -e?ni?s
Adjective
extemporaneous (comparative more extemporaneous, superlative most extemporaneous)
- Without preparation or advanced thought; offhand.
- Synonyms: off-the-cuff, (archaic) extemporal, improvised; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
Derived terms
- extemporaneously
Related terms
- extemporanea
- extemporaneousness
- extemporize
Translations
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vapid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/
Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
- Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific
Derived terms
- vapidity
- vapidly
- vapidness
Translations
Anagrams
- pavid
Estonian
Noun
vapid
- nominative plural of vapp
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