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adjective

Commonplace adj. Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.

noun

Commonplace n.

An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

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."

Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.

verb

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. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Commonplace'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Commonplace" Quotes from Famous Books

... Don't ask me! Anything you suggest is sure to be right. You know far more about these things than I do. But Maidenhead—isn't it just a little commonplace? A little noisy ...

— Love at Second Sight • Ada Leverson

... notions regarding appropriate scenery, language, and costume in sundry periods and divers places, from China to Peru; and he was persecuted by that mortal foe of the old romancer, the well-informed critic, who trampled even upon a commonplace book well filled with references to standard authorities, insisting upon careful study of the whole environment, the dexterous incorporation of details, and delicate blending of local colours. Severe pedagogic handling of a historic ...

— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

... man talked to every one around him, tilted his hat over one eye, smoked cigars just as those men were doing that day in the lobby; acted like them, was one of them. In the Gold Nugget, Clayte was a very average Gold Nugget guest—don't you see? Commonplace there, just as the other Clayte had been commonplace in a bank or ...

— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

... sense, somewhat a greater delicacy of perception in questions of right and wrong, than goes to the writing of two or three hackneyed sentences about the laws of honour as opposed to the laws of the land or a commonplace against duelling. Yet such things would stand a writer nowadays in far better stead than Captain Ager and his conscientious honour; and he would be considered a far better teacher of morality than old Rowley or Middleton ...

— Charles Lamb • Walter Jerrold

... of miracles are indeed over, ma'am," said the black sheep, "but then that is no reason why things which are in themselves commonplace should not appear miraculous to the uninstructed mind. When I inform you that our laws compel cabmen under heavy penalties to convey left umbrellas and parcels to the police-office, the miracle may not ...

— Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished - A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure • R.M. Ballantyne

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