vanilla
adjective/vəˈnɪlə/
/vəˈnɪlə/
- tasting of vanilla
- vanilla ice cream
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- (informal) ordinary; not special in any way
- The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
- This is only the vanilla version of the software.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.
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