[com.mon.place] n [trans. of L locus communis widely applicable argument, trans. of Gk koinos topos] (1561) 1 archaic: a striking passage entered in a commonplace book
2. a: an obvious or trite comment: truism b: something commonly found
[2]commonplace adj (1609): commonly found: ordinary, unremarkable -- com.mon.place.ness n