Commonplace
31Commonplace book — Commonplace Com mon*place , n. 1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude. [1913 Webster] 2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. [1913 Webster] Whatever, in my …
32commonplace expression — index platitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
33commonplace idea — index platitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
34commonplace phrase — index platitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
35commonplace book — n. a book in which extracts, poems, aphorisms, etc. are copied down for future reference, often together with one s ideas and reflections …
36Commonplace book — This article is about the commonplace book. For the music album, see commonplace (album). A commonplace book from the mid 17th century Commonplace books (or commonplaces) were a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books …
37Commonplace Book — Notes (5,000 words); written between late 1919/early 1920 and 1935. First published in The Notes & Commonplace Book(Futile Press, 1938); rpt. BWS, SR,and MW. Annotated version in Commonplace Book(1987). No “book” at all, HPL’s commonplace… …
38commonplace book — noun a notebook in which you enter memorabilia • Hypernyms: ↑notebook * * * ˈcommonplace book 7 [commonplace book commonplace books] noun (especially in the past) a book into which you copy parts of other books, poems, etc. and add your own… …
39commonplace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, usual, everyday; prosy, monotonous, stale, tedious, hackneyed, threadbare, trite, banal. See habit. Ant., unusual, special. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. usual, hackneyed, trite, mundane;… …
40commonplace — n. something common or normal, something ordinary or routine adj. ordinary, everyday, uninteresting …
