platitudinaladj.

Brit.

/ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnl/,

/ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnl/, U.S.

/ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitude n., English -in- , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < platitude n. + -in- (see discussion at platitudinarian adj. and n.) + -al suffix¹, after e.g. latitudinal adj. Compare earlier platitudinary adj., platitudinarian adj., platitudinous adj.

= platitudinous adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > platitudinous

platitudinous1851

platitudinary1852

platitudinarian1854

platitudinal1870

1870 O. Logan Before Footlights xxiii. 288 At the risk of uttering truisms and being altogether a platitudinal truist, I may mention that it requires a pretty strong organic construction to stand the ravages of an eight months' tour in the land of fast eaters.

1885 J. Coleman in Longman's Mag. 7 76 ‘Junius’ failed..because it was a platitudinal play upon an unsavoury subject.

1900 Daily News 17 Oct. 4/6 His remarks do not seem to us wholly free from a modern kind of ‘platitudinal stodge’, as he calls it, and we fear that ‘platitudinous’ would, of the two, be more correct.

1968 Family Coordinator 17 270/1 Parent learning based upon such awareness and personal growth is quite different from the platitudinal learning of much of past parent education.

1995 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. d1 Welfare reform is the buzzword for patronizing, platitudinal politicians more interested in five-second sound bites than in the truth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platitudinal
释义	platitudinaladj. Brit. /ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnl/, /ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnl/, U.S. /ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitude n., English -in- , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < platitude n. + -in- (see discussion at platitudinarian adj. and n.) + -al suffix¹, after e.g. latitudinal adj. Compare earlier platitudinary adj., platitudinarian adj., platitudinous adj. = platitudinous adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > platitudinous platitudinous1851 platitudinary1852 platitudinarian1854 platitudinal1870 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights xxiii. 288 At the risk of uttering truisms and being altogether a platitudinal truist, I may mention that it requires a pretty strong organic construction to stand the ravages of an eight months' tour in the land of fast eaters. 1885 J. Coleman in Longman's Mag. 7 76 ‘Junius’ failed..because it was a platitudinal play upon an unsavoury subject. 1900 Daily News 17 Oct. 4/6 His remarks do not seem to us wholly free from a modern kind of ‘platitudinal stodge’, as he calls it, and we fear that ‘platitudinous’ would, of the two, be more correct. 1968 Family Coordinator 17 270/1 Parent learning based upon such awareness and personal growth is quite different from the platitudinal learning of much of past parent education. 1995 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. d1 Welfare reform is the buzzword for patronizing, platitudinal politicians more interested in five-second sound bites than in the truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1870
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