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adjective.
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
adjective.
given to uttering bromides
Word Usage
"She paid homage to the good points of Flamingus, but he was too cut and dried, "bromidic," she classified him, for Derry had carefully explained the etymology of the word."