bromide.
A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
Meaning & usage
A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
The anionic form of a bromine atom.
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.
A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
A print made on bromide paper.
Where this word comes from
From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess. Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating.
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