bland

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking strong flavour, interest, or distinctive character

   The soup was bland and needed a generous pinch of salt.

Simplified etymology

Bland comes from Latin blandus, “soft, smooth.” In late Middle English it meant “gentle in manner”; the same Latin adjective also underlies blandishment.

From Latin blandus ('smooth, soft, caressing, flattering'), of uncertain further origin; the sense 'mild, dull' developed later in English.

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