platitudinarian

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UK/ˌplatɪˌtjuːdɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/UK/-ˌtʃuːdɪˈ-/US/ˌplætɪˌtudəˈtɛɹi.ən/

noun

One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounplatitudinarian (plural platitudinarians)

plural platitudinarians

  1. One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing.

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

    1894, Richard William Murray, South African Reminiscences, page 138

Origin

  1. Latin-tūdin-
  2. Englishplatitudinarian

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

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Translations

German Phrasendrescher, Phrasendrescherin
  • Phrasendrescherone who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing
  • Phrasendrescherinone who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing
  • Schwätzerone who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing
  • Schwätzerinone who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing
Polish osoba używająca frazesów
  • osoba używająca frazesówone who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing

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APA

platitudinarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platitudinarian

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Chicago

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