Bromidic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bromidic \Bro*mid"ic\, a.
     1. of or pertaining to bromide (definition 2).
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. conventional or trite; repeated too often; overfamiliar
        through overuse -- of sayings, assertions, or discourses;


        as, bromidic sermons.
  
     Syn: commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn,
          tired, trite, well-worn.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bromidic
       adj 1: given to uttering bromides
       2: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or
          originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: {corny}, {platitudinal},
           {platitudinous}]