platitudinousadj.

Brit.

/ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/,

/ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩əs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitude n., English -in- , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < platitude n. + -in- (see discussion at platitudinarian adj. and n.) + -ous suffix, probably after multitudinous adj. Compare slightly later platitudinary adj., platitudinarian adj. N.E.D.(1907) gives only the pronunciation (plætitiū·dinəs) /plætɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/.

Characterized by platitudes; full of platitudes; (of a person) that utters or writes platitudes.In quot. 1851 perhaps: flat and uninteresting.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > platitudinous

platitudinous1851

platitudinary1852

platitudinarian1854

platitudinal1870

1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) I. i. x. 82 The whole difference is breadth, interminable forests, rivers, mountains, platitudinous farms, families reaching from the Madawaska to the Yazoo.

1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 231/2 And so on to the end [of the book], dreary and platitudinous.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 232 Schiller's excellent but remarkably platitudinous peasants in ‘William Tell’.

1913 Oxf. Mag. 22 May 359/2 The Bohemian temperament..its platitudinous loquacity illuminated by occasional flashes of insight.

1992 Public Sector Managem. iv. 12/3 Political arts such as seizing photo opportunities, delivering platitudinous sound bites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platitudinous
释义	platitudinousadj. Brit. /ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/, /ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩əs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitude n., English -in- , -ous suffix. Etymology: < platitude n. + -in- (see discussion at platitudinarian adj. and n.) + -ous suffix, probably after multitudinous adj. Compare slightly later platitudinary adj., platitudinarian adj. N.E.D.(1907) gives only the pronunciation (plætitiū·dinəs) /plætɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/. Characterized by platitudes; full of platitudes; (of a person) that utters or writes platitudes.In quot. 1851 perhaps: flat and uninteresting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > platitudinous platitudinous1851 platitudinary1852 platitudinarian1854 platitudinal1870 1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) I. i. x. 82 The whole difference is breadth, interminable forests, rivers, mountains, platitudinous farms, families reaching from the Madawaska to the Yazoo. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 231/2 And so on to the end [of the book], dreary and platitudinous. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 232 Schiller's excellent but remarkably platitudinous peasants in ‘William Tell’. 1913 Oxf. Mag. 22 May 359/2 The Bohemian temperament..its platitudinous loquacity illuminated by occasional flashes of insight. 1992 Public Sector Managem. iv. 12/3 Political arts such as seizing photo opportunities, delivering platitudinous sound bites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851
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