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platitude (encz) | platitude,banalita n: Zdeněk Brož |
platitude (encz) | platitude,plochost n: Zdeněk Brož |
platitude (encz) | platitude,samozřejmost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Platitude (gcide) | Platitude \Plat"i*tude\, n. [F., from plat flat. See Plate.]
1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat
commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
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To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of
infinite platitude. --Motley.
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2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a
truism; a commonplace.
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platitude (wn) | platitude
n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide] |
platitude (devil) | PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular
literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of
a million fools in the diction of a dullard. A fossil sentiment in
artificial rock. A moral without the fable. All that is mortal of a
departed truth. A demi-tasse of milk-and-mortality. The Pope's-nose
of a featherless peacock. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the
sea of thought. The cackle surviving the egg. A desiccated epigram.
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pious platitude (encz) | pious platitude, n: |
Platitude (gcide) | Platitude \Plat"i*tude\, n. [F., from plat flat. See Plate.]
1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat
commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
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To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of
infinite platitude. --Motley.
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2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a
truism; a commonplace.
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pious platitude (wn) | pious platitude
n 1: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant,
pious platitude] |
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