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commonplace

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·mon·place / ˈkämənˌplās/ • adj. not unusual; ordinary: unemployment was commonplace in his profession. ∎ not interesting or original; trite: the usual commonplace remarks. • n. 1. a usual or ordinary thing. ∎ a trite saying or topic; a platitude. 2. a notable quotation copied into a commonplace book. DERIVATIVES: com·mon·place·ness n. ORIGIN: mid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme.’

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commonplace

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

commonplace †passage of general application, leading text, theme; notable passage stored up for use in a book of common places or commonplace book; ordinary topic, stock theme or subject. XVI. As adj. XVII. tr. L. locus commūnis, tr. Gr. koinòs tópos (cf. TOPIC).

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commonplace

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

commonplace •abase, ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case •airbase • freebase • wheelbase •database • steeplechase • paperchase •paleface • typeface • whiteface •boldface • coalface • interface •staircase • briefcase • slipcase •packing case • doorcase • showcase •notecase • pillowcase • suitcase •bookcase • nutcase • marketplace •anyplace • everyplace • showplace •shoelace • bootlace • someplace •Lovelace • fireplace • commonplace •workplace • birthplace • tenace •airspace • aerospace • hyperspace •carapace • workspace • ratrace •millrace • Fuentes • rosace

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	A commonplace book.(Opinion) Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 5/1/2008
	The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2002
	John Denham and Lucy Hutchinson's commonplace book.(Essay) Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/2008