to utter platitudes

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• platitude —   n. trite statement.    ♦ platitudinarian, n. & a. (person) habitually uttering platitudes.    ♦ platitudinize, v.i. utter platitudes.    ♦ platitudinous, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• platitudinize — verb utter platitudes The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience • Hypernyms: ↑express, ↑verbalize, ↑verbalise, ↑utter, ↑give tongue to • Verb Frames: Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• Platitudinize — Plat i*tu di*nize, v. i. To utter platitudes or truisms. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• platitudinize — intransitive verb ( nized; nizing) Etymology: platitudinous Date: 1868 to utter platitudes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• platitudinize — platitudinization, n. platitudinizer, n. /plat i toohd n uyz, tyoohd /, v.i., platitudinized, platitudinizing. to utter platitudes. Also, esp. Brit., platitudinise. [1880 85; PLATITUDIN(OUS) + IZE] * * * …   Universalium

• platitudinize — plat•i•tu•di•nize [[t]ˌplæt ɪˈtud nˌaɪz, ˈtyud [/t]] v. i. nized, niz•ing to utter platitudes • Etymology: 1880–85 …   From formal English to slang

• platitudinise — /plætəˈtjudənaɪz/ (say platuh tyoohduhnuyz) verb (i) (platitudinised, platitudinising) to utter platitudes. Also, platitudinize …  

• plat|i|tu|di|nize — «PLAT uh TOO duh nyz, TYOO », intransitive verb, nized, niz|ing. to utter platitudes …   Useful english dictionary

• platitude — n. 1) to mouth, utter a platitude (he s always mouthing platitudes) 2) in platitudes (to speak in platitudes) * * * [ plætɪtjuːd] utter a platitude (he s always mouthing platitudes) to mouth in platitudes (to speak in platitudes) …   Combinatory dictionary

• mouth — I. noun (plural mouths) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mūth; akin to Old High German mund mouth and perhaps to Latin mentum chin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the natural opening through which food passes… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mouth — n. & v. n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food and emit communicative sounds. b (in humans and some animals) the cavity behind it containing the means of biting and chewing and the vocal organs …   Useful english dictionary