Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,590,092,225 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

bromidic

   Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
bro·mid·ic  (br-mdk)
adj.
Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; clichéd: bromidic gags in sitcoms.

bromidic [brəʊˈmɪdɪk]
adj
ordinary; dull
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bromidic - given to uttering bromides
2.bromidic - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
I am 16 going on 50 but bromidic and bright as a moon-happy night pouring light on the dew.
Parliamentary questions, foreign affairs debates and occasional single topic debates, are straightforward for officials and ministers to fob off with stock and bromidic answers, and thus form a kind of theatre--a sham of democratic accountability, when in reality there is none.
Bitomsky never once breaks from his bromidic delivery, to the point where we actually looked around our living room to see if we were being punk’d by our superiors.
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.