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Bromidic   Listen
adjective
Bromidic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to bromide (definition 2).
2.
Conventional or trite; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse of sayings, assertions, or discourses; as, bromidic sermons.
Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn.





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"Bromidic" Quotes from Famous Books



... bud. The damned puppy of a fellow took for granted that Christian was in love with him; but here she was, going about as usual, as jolly as a sandboy; "in fact," Dick would say, plastering up with bromidic mortar the windows of the narrow dwelling wherein dwelt Lady Isabel's soul, "all's well that ends well!" With which valuable aphorism, sanctioned by a long and respectable past, the Major contentedly fed his heart, and tranquillised that of ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross


Words linked to "Bromidic" :   unoriginal, bromide


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