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单词 platitudinousness
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platitudinousnessn.

Brit. /ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəsnəs/, /ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩əsnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitudinous adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < platitudinous adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being platitudinous; banality.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness > use of platitudes
platitude1762
platitudinousness1858
1858 Sat. Rev. 28 Aug. 201/1 The consequences are..an extreme tenuity of thought and an excessive platitudinousness of expression.
1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 759 He saw plainly Longfellow's..platitudinousness of thought, his excessive bookishness, his weak didacticism.
1969 Times 27 Feb. 21/1 Credibility this document certainly has, even if it is bought at the occasional price of platitudinousness.
2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. a20 A home-spun platitudinousness about the needy, and sheer..blood-thirstiness when it comes to the death penalty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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