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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
banal /bəˈnɑːl, -ˈnal/
▶adjective tediously unoriginal or commonplace.
– derivatives
banality noun (pl. banalities),
banally adverb.
banality noun (pl. banalities),
banally adverb.
– origin C18 (orig. relating to feudal service in the sense ‘compulsory’, hence ‘common to all’): from Fr., from ban (see ban1).
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