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platitudinal

pla·ti·tu·dinal

uncommon

adjective

1.

dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

  • “bromidic sermons”
Synonyms
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Origin

From platitude + -al on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinal, from Latin -tūdin- + -al, the oblique stem of -tūdō.

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