Văp'id, a.

a. [Lat. vapidus, having emitted steam or vapor, i. e., having lost its life and spirit, from vapor, steam, vapor; It. vapido.] Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid state of the blood.

A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke.