Bromide
WordNet
noun
(1) A trite or obvious remark
(2) Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- A dose of bromide taken as a sedative.
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
- A platitude.
- We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.