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De - Pt| English Dictionary: platitude | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for platitude | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude. --Motley. 2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace. | |
