platitude

  • 91plat — 1. plat, plate [ pla, plat ] adj. et n. m. • 1080; lat. pop. °plattus, gr. platus « large, étendu » I ♦ Adj. A ♦ (Concret) 1 ♦ Qui présente une surface plane, et spécialt horizontale, ou à peu près plane et horizontale. Les Anciens croyaient que… …

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  • 92plate — [ plat ] n. f. • 1170; de 1. plat 1 ♦ Archéol. Plaque de métal appliquée sur le haubert; chacune des plaques qui constituent une armure rigide. Armures de plates, d écailles d acier. 2 ♦ (1694) Mar. Embarcation à fond plat servant aux travaux de… …

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  • 93truism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. platitude. See maxim, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, self evident truth, adage; see cliché , motto , proverb . See Synonym Study at cliché . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …

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  • 94banality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, platitude, trite phrase; see cliché . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cliche, platitude, triteness, commonplace, bromide. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A trite expression or idea: bromide, cliché,… …

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  • 95plat|i|tude — «PLAT uh tood, tyood», noun. 1. a dull or commonplace remark, especially one spoken or written solemnly as if it were fresh and important: »“Better late than never” is a platitude. 2. flatness; triteness; dullness; insipidity (as a quality of… …

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  • 96platitudinous — adjective Etymology: platitude + inous (as in multitudinous) Date: 1853 having the characteristics of a platitude ; full of platitudes < platitudinous remarks > • platitudinously adverb …

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