banal

Words with a similar base: banal

'banal'

[banal.s.01] as in: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Examples:
bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Origins

					banal (English)
└── bannal (French)
    └── bannalis (Latin)
        └── bannum (Latin)

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