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(), a.Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation. Com"monplace° n. 1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude. 2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered. Com"monplace° v. t.To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. Felton. Com"monplace° v. i.To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.] Bacon. スポンサード リンク
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