2. In common; familiary. [Obs.] Spenser.
COMMONNESS
Com"mon*ness, n.
1. State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.
2. Triteness; meanness.
COMMONPLACE
Com"mon*place`, a.
Defn: Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
COMMONPLACE
Com"mon*place`, n.
1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.
COMMONPLACE
Com"mon*place`, v. t.