banal
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- 7
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- 10
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Definition of banal
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
“banal clichés”
“banal conversation”
“sound banal”
“The movie’s dialogue was predictable and banal.”
“He made a few banal remarks about the weather.”
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adj
-
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
“banal clichés”
“banal conversation”
“sound banal”
“The movie’s dialogue was predictable and banal.”
“He made a few banal remarks about the weather.”
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(historical, uncommon)Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
“They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.”
“French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]”
“To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon.
Anagrams of banal
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