floskel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commonplace adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- platitude noun An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
Senses
floskel is used for these senses in English:
- commonplace A platitude or cliché.
- platitude (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
commonplace — full definition
- adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.
platitude — full definition
- noun An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
- noun A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
- noun Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
- noun Unoriginality; triteness.