platitudinous

[ plat-i-tood-n-uhs, -tyood- ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by or given to platitudes.

  2. of the nature of or resembling a platitude.

Origin of platitudinous

1
1855–60; platitude + -inous (see platitudinal, -ous)

Other words from platitudinous

  • plat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverb
  • plat·i·tu·di·nous·ness, noun
  • non·plat·i·tu·di·nous, adjective
  • non·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverb
  • un·plat·i·tu·di·nous, adjective
  • un·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ly, adverb
  • un·plat·i·tu·di·nous·ness, noun

Words Nearby platitudinous

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How to use platitudinous in a sentence

  • Everyone this side of Charles Krauthammer agrees that Romney was general and platitudinous and not that engaged.

    Reality Vs. 'Reality' | Michael Tomasky | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • All his accomplishments are boiled down to a single platitudinous paragraph.

    8 Juiciest Bits From Cain’s Memoir | David A. Graham | September 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The stoutest heart may fail, without blame, before the flat-footed pedestrianism of these platitudinous volumes.

    The Glory of English Prose | Stephen Coleridge
  • And I do not say this simply as an echo of what others before me have said, or to use a platitudinous phrase.

    Successward | Edward W. Bok
  • Which is my platitudinous way of agreeing with the last postscript of your letter.

    August First | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray