8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective given to uttering bromides
adjective dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
originEtymology tree English bromide Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bromidic From bromide (“dull person; platitude”) + -ic.
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