ɪ noun, plural ba·nal·i·ties.
1.
the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
2.
an instance of this: We sat around the dinner table exchanging banalities.
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banal (bəˈnɑːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| lacking force or originality; trite; commonplace | |
| [C18: from Old French: relating to compulsory feudal service, hence common to all, commonplace; from ban | |
| banality | |
| —n | |
| ba'nally | |
| —adv | |
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Banality
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
banality
1861, triteness, from Fr. banalité "banality, commonplace," from banal (see banal).
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