Found 2 items, similar to platitude.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: platitude
platitude
n : a trite or obvious remark [syn:
cliche,
banality,
commonplace,
bromide]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Platitude
Platitude
\Plat"i*tude\, n. [F., from plat flat. See
Plate.]
1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat
commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
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To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of
infinite platitude. --Motley.
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2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a
truism; a commonplace.
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