单词 | platitudinous |
释义 | platitudinous (once / 53482 pages) adj WORD FAMILY platitudinous: platitudinously+/platitude: platitudes, platitudinarian, platitudinize, platitudinous/platitudinarian: platitudinarians/platitudinize: platitudinizing USAGE EXAMPLESWhat often seemed essentially harmless, platitudinous stances may suddenly take on an oppositional, even radical, dimension. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) Fielding, whose Tom Jones would gain renown for his cheerful sexual exploits, found Richardson’s platitudinous Sunday-school morality unbearable. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) This is the kind of platitudinous drivel that Rubio spews on the stump. Salon(Jan 29, 2016) adj dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality Syn bromidic, corny, platitudinal unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual |
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