Category:Platitude

Plat"i*tude, n. Etym: [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.