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platitudinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plat-i-tu-di-nal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by banality or triteness.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more platitudinal (comparative) most platitudinal (superlative)

Derived Forms

platitudinally

Synonyms

platitudinous bromidic corny

Questions

What does platitudinal mean?
Characterized by banality or triteness.
Where does platitudinal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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