PLATITUDES

Noun

platitudes

plural of platitude

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PLATITUDE

Plat"i*tude, n. Etym: [F., from plat flat. See Plate.]

1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language. To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude. Motley.

2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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