a. | 1. | Common; ordinary; trite; | |||
n. | 1. | An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude. | |||
2. | A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace.
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v. t. | 1. | To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. | |||
v. i. | 1. | To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. |
Noun | 1. | commonplace - a trite or obvious remark |
Adj. | 1. | commonplace - obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose" |
2. | commonplace - completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" | |
3. | commonplace - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" | |
4. | commonplace - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |