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Definition of platitudinarian - 2 dictionary results

plat⋅i⋅tu⋅di⋅nar⋅i⋅an

  [plat-i-tood-n-air-ee-uhn, -tyood-]
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–noun
a person who frequently or habitually utters platitudes.
Origin:
1850–55; platitudin(ous) + -arian, perh. on the model of latitudinarian
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plat·i·tu·di·nar·i·an   (plāt'ĭ-tōōd'n-âr'ē-ən, -tyōōd'-)   
n.  One who habitually uses platitudes.

[platitudin(ous) + -arian.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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