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platitude|ˈplætɪtjuːd|
[a. F. platitude (Dict. Acad. 1694), f. plat plat a., on analogy of latitude, altitude, etc.: see -tude.]
1. Flatness, dullness, insipidity, commonplaceness (as a quality of speech or writing).
1812Edin. Rev. XIX. 276 With all the brevity and platitude imaginable. 1818Q. Rev. XIX. 120 Such abundance of platitude and inanity. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 12 A repartee..which has all the profound platitude of mediæval wit.
2. A flat, dull, or commonplace remark or statement; esp. one uttered or written with an air of importance or solemnity.
1815Simond Tour Gt. Brit. I. 100 Every species of improbability and platitudes. 1833S. Austin Charac. Goethe II. 212 note 36 A Philister..may, I think, be paraphrased a man of common places—a pompous dealer in identicalisms and platitudes. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. xlv. 191 It is one of those platitudes which are constantly forgotten or ignored. |