Platness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Flatness. rare, uncountable

    "Like Socrates, who took a mischievous delight in shocking squeamish people by the homeliness of his illustrations, and the platness of his diction, Jesus indulged over and over again in popular imagery and language of the plainest sort."

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"Like Socrates, who took a mischievous delight in shocking squeamish people by the homeliness of his illustrations, and the platness of his diction, Jesus indulged over and over again in popular imagery and language of the plainest sort."

Etymology

From plat + -ness.

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