01 n. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
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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.
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A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.