Platitude \Plat"i*tude\, n. [F., from plat flat. See {Plate}.]
   1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat
      commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
      
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            To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of
            infinite platitude.                   --Motley.
      
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   2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a
      truism; a commonplace.
      
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