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- [plat-i-tood-n-uh s, -tyood-]
- /ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud-/
- /ˌplæ.tɪ.ˈtjuː.dɪ.nəs/
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- [plat-i-tood-n-uh s, -tyood-]
- /ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud-/
Definitions of platitudinous word
- adjective platitudinous characterized by or given to platitudes. 1
- adjective platitudinous of the nature of or resembling a platitude. 1
- adjective platitudinous clichéd, trite 1
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Origin of platitudinous
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
1855-60; platitude + -inous (see platitudinal, -ous)
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Parts of speech for Platitudinous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
platitudinous popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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adj platitudinous
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
adjective platitudinous
- chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- noplace — nowhere.
- nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
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