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Definition of platitudinal - 2 dictionary results

plat⋅i⋅tu⋅di⋅nal

  [plat-i-tood-n-uhl, -tyood-]
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–adjective
platitudinous.
Origin:
1865–70; platitude + -inal (see -al 1 ), on the model of L derivatives of abstract nouns in -tūdō, s. -tūdin- (cf. latitudinal )
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plat·i·tude   (plāt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.

  2. Lack of originality; triteness.


[French, from plat, flat, from Old French; see plate.]
plat'i·tu'di·nous (-tōōd'n-əs, -tyōōd'-), plat'i·tu'di·nal (-tōōd'n-əl, -tyōōd'-) adj., plat'i·tu'di·nous·ly adv.
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