PLATITUDE

Plat″i‐tude (?), n. [[F., from plat flat. See Plate.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude. Motley. 2. 2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.