PLATITUDE


Meaning of PLATITUDE in English

n. 1 a trite or commonplace remark, esp. one solemnly delivered. 2 the use of platitudes; dullness, insipidity. platitudinize v.intr. (also -ise). platitudinous adj.

[ F f. plat flat, after certitude, multitudinous, etc. ]

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