单词 | platitude |
释义 | platitude /plat"i toohd', -tyoohd'/, n. 1. a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound. 2. the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite: the platitude of most political oratory. [1805-15; < F: lit., flatness, equiv. to plat flat (see PLATE1) + -itude, as in F latitude, altitude, magnitude, etc.] Syn. 1. cliché, truism. |
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