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bro⋅mide

  [broh-mahyd or, for 1, broh-mid]
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–noun
1. Chemistry.
a. a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
b. a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
2. Pharmacology. potassium bromide, known to produce central nervous system depression, formerly used as a sedative.
3. a platitude or trite saying.
4. a person who is platitudinous and boring.
Origin:
1830–40; brom- + -ide; in defs. 3, 4 from use of some bromides as sedatives
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bro·mide   (brō'mīd')   
n.  
    1. A binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver.
    2. Potassium bromide.
    3. A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. See Synonyms at cliché.
    4. A tiresome person; a bore.
    1. A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. See Synonyms at cliché.
    2. A tiresome person; a bore.
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Bromide

Bro"mide\, n. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

Bromide

Bro"mide\, n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] -- Bro*mid"ic, a. [Slang]

The bromide conforms to everythyng sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. --Gelett Burgess.

Bromide

Bromide\, or Bromid paper \Bromid, paper\ (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
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bromide 
1836, from bromine, the pungent, poisonous element (1827), from Fr. brome, from Gk. bromos "stench." Used as a sedative; figurative sense of "dull, conventional person or trite saying" popularized by U.S. humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) in his book "Are You a Bromide?" (1906).
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Main Entry: bro·mide
Pronunciation: 'brO-"mId
Function: noun
1 : a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some(as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
2 : a dose of bromide taken usually as a sedative
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bromide bro·mide (brō'mīd')
n.

  1. A binary compound of bromine with another element, especially a salt containing monovalent negatively charged bromine.
  2. Potassium bromide.

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bromide   (brō'mīd')  Pronunciation Key 
A compound, such as potassium bromide, containing bromine and another element or radical.
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