Bromide

noun

Word Frequency: 1.7

Definitions

1.nounA binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

2.nounA dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

3.noun(by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

"My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years."

4.nounA platitude.

"We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another."

5.nounA print made on bromide paper.

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