Commonplaceness

com·mon·place  (kmn-pls)

adj.

Having no remarkable features, characteristics, or traits; ordinary.

n.

1.

a. A trite or obvious remark; a platitude: "the solidified commonplaces of established wisdom" (John Simon). See Synonyms at cliché.

b. Something that is ordinary or common.

2. Archaic A passage marked for reference or entered in a commonplace book.

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[Translation of Latin locus commnis, generally applicable literary passage, translation of Greek koinos topos.]

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common·placeness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

commonplaceness - ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace everydayness, commonness ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity - the quality of being commonplace and ordinary prosaicness, prosiness - commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting usualness - commonness by virtue of not being unusual