platitudinarian

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Etymology

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From platitude +‎ -in- +‎ -arian.[1]

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Noun

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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.

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  1. ^ “platitudinarian, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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