COMMONPLACES
Noun
commonplaces
plural of commonplace
Source: Wiktionary
COMMONPLACE
Com"mon*place`, a.
Definition: Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or
observation.
Com"mon*place`, n.
1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or
customary remark; a platitude.
2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature,
I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift.
Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be
remembered.
Com"mon*place`, v. t.
Definition: To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
Felton.
Com"mon*place`, v. i.
Definition: To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition