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adjective
Origin:
1865–70; platitude + -inal (see -al1), on the model of L derivatives of abstract nouns in -tūdō, stem -tūdin- (compare latitudinal)
1865–70; platitude + -inal (see -al1), on the model of L derivatives of abstract nouns in -tūdō, stem -tūdin- (compare latitudinal)
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Platitudinal
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
WordNet
| platitudinal | |
adjective | |
| dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic] |
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