bromidic
2 definitions found
bromidic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bromidic \Bro*mid"ic\, a.
1. of or pertaining to bromide (definition 2).
[WordNet 1.5]
2. conventional or trite; repeated too often; overfamiliar
through overuse -- of sayings, assertions, or discourses;
as, bromidic sermons.
Syn: commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn.
[WordNet 1.5]
bromidic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
bromidic
adj 1: given to uttering bromides
2: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or
originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic, corny,
platitudinal, platitudinous]
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