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platitudinal

platitudinal adjective: characterized by banality or triteness.

Adjective

platitudinal (comparative more platitudinal, superlative most platitudinal)

  1. Characterized by banality or triteness.
    Synonyms:
    platitudinous

Synonyms of platitudinal

Forms of platitudinal

comparativemore platitudinal
superlativemost platitudinal

Origin of platitudinal

From platitude + -al on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinal, from Latin -tūdin- + -al, the oblique stem of -tūdō.

Words formed from platitudinal

Questions about platitudinal

What does platitudinal mean?
Platitudinal means characterized by banality or triteness.
What part of speech is platitudinal?
Platitudinal is an adjective.

Words near platitudinal in the dictionary

  1. platisma
  2. platitude
  3. Platitude Pete
  4. platitudeness
  5. platitudes
  6. platitudinal
  7. platitudinally
  8. platitudinarian
  9. platitudinarianism
  10. platitudinarians
  11. platitudinisation

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