platitudinizingn.

Brit.

/ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/,

/ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌplædəˈt(j)udnˌaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– platitudinizing, 1900s– platitudinising.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitudinize v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < platitudinize v. + -ing suffix¹.

The use of platitudes in speech or writing.

ΚΠ

1892 Temple Bar Sept. 94 The discussion ends in a strain of moral platitudinizing.

1897 Strand Mag. Aug. 179 He has a rich gift of what an eminent American calls ‘platitudinizing’. The word..is most effective as indicating a constant ever fed supply of pointless words, wrapped up in cotton woolly sentences.

1923 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 31 660 Pamphlets and sermons do not deal either with sins which no one commits or with sins that every one commits, and the literary evidence is not to be dismissed as mere pious platitudinizing.

1992 Concord (New Hampsh.) Monitor 6 June b8/1 The result..is a mass of hypocritical platitudinizing, unmatched in the history of the world.

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

单词	platitudinizing
释义	platitudinizingn. Brit. /ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌplædəˈt(j)udnˌaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– platitudinizing, 1900s– platitudinising. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitudinize v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < platitudinize v. + -ing suffix¹. The use of platitudes in speech or writing. ΚΠ 1892 Temple Bar Sept. 94 The discussion ends in a strain of moral platitudinizing. 1897 Strand Mag. Aug. 179 He has a rich gift of what an eminent American calls ‘platitudinizing’. The word..is most effective as indicating a constant ever fed supply of pointless words, wrapped up in cotton woolly sentences. 1923 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 31 660 Pamphlets and sermons do not deal either with sins which no one commits or with sins that every one commits, and the literary evidence is not to be dismissed as mere pious platitudinizing. 1992 Concord (New Hampsh.) Monitor 6 June b8/1 The result..is a mass of hypocritical platitudinizing, unmatched in the history of the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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