platitudinarian

English

Etymology

From platitude +‎ -in- +‎ -arian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

platitudinarian (plural platitudinarians)

1. One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing.
   • 1894, Richard William Murray, South African Reminiscences, page 138:

     Sir Culling was an extreme Low Churchman, an Exeter Hallite to the backbone, and the head and front of the Platitudinarian Party.

Derived terms

• platitudinarianism

Related terms

• platitude
• platitudinal
• platitudinally
• platitudinisation
• platitudinise
• platitudiniser
• platitudinization
• platitudinize
• platitudinizer
• platitudinous

 

Translations

one who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing

• German: Phrasendrescher m, Phrasendrescherin f, Schwätzer (de) m, Schwätzerin (de) f