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commonplace

1. com.mon.place \'ka:m-*n-.pla-s\ n [trans. of L locus communis widely 
   applicable argument, trans. of Gk k]oinos topos archaic  1: a striking 
   passage entered in a commonplace book  2a: an obvious or trite observation  
   2b: something taken for granted 
2. commonplace aj : ORDINARY, UNREMARKABLE  - com.mon.place.ness n