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ˌcommonˈplaceness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Commonplace quality, absence of striking or remarkable characteristics, dull uninteresting uniformity, ordinariness.
1842Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) I. 456 His speculations have the commonplaceness, vagueness, and emptiness of dreams. a1864Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1879) 105 The commonplaceness in which she spent her life. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. vi. 169 As I was before struck with the fluency of style..I was now equally so with its commonplaceness. |