bromidicadj.
/brəʊˈmɪdɪk/ slang (originally U.S.).
Of the nature of a bromide; commonplace or conventional.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > trite or banal
quotidian1430
trite1548
protrite1604
obvious1617
unbravea1681
prosaical1699
tritical1709
prosaic1729
hack1759
unstrikinga1774
commonplace1801
prosy1837
banal1840
mundane1850
unsensational1854
bromidic1906
corn-fed1929
corn-ball1970
1906 G. Burgess Are you a Bromide? 19 The Bromide can't possibly help being bromidic.
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xix ‘Did genius fail to burn?’ he asked, employing a bromidic phrase.
1927 J. H. Willey Early Ch. Portraits 98 Athanasius did not desire the office of Bishop, in spite of the bromidic and venerable injunction of the Apostle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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