CLICHE

platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide

(noun) a trite or obvious remark

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cliche (plural cliches)

Alternative form of cliché

Verb

cliche (third-person singular simple present cliches, present participle clicheing, simple past and past participle cliched)

Alternative form of cliché

Anagrams

• chicle

Source: Wiktionary


Cli`ché", n. Etym: [F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype.]

Definition: A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief. Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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