The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Banality — Ba*nal i*ty, n.; pl. {Banalities}. [F. banalit[ e]. See {Banal}.] Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech. [1913 Webster] The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. J. Morley. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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