bromide
Meanings
Plural: bromides
Noun
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
- a trite or obvious remark
- A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- A platitude.
- A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
- A print made on bromide paper.
Origin / Etymology
From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by Gelett Burgess.
Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating.
Synonyms
adage, apophthegm, apothegm, banality, byword, cliche, commonplace, dictum, gnome, gnomic saying, mantra, maxim, paroemia, platitude, proverb, saw, saying
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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