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- Commonplace - a. - Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
- Commonplace - n. - An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
- Commonplace - n. - A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
- Commonplace - v. t. - To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
- Commonplace - v. i. - To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
- Commonplaceness - n. - The quality of being commonplace; commonness.
- Topic - n. - One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
- Versemonger - n. - A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.
- Commonplace - a. - Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
- Prose - n. - Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- Adversaria - n. pl. - A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
- Garrulous - a. - Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.
- Repertory - n. - A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
- Commonplace - v. t. - To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.