Definitions
a trite or obvious remark
Word origin
From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess.
Used in a sentence
“My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.”
“The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.”
“We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.”
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