4. (Music, other) music a part of the action of a clavichord consisting of a small piece of metal that strikes the string to produce a note. 5. on a tangent at a tangent on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought: to go off at a tangent.
Synonyms: clichÃ©, bromide, platitude, truism. These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichÃ©s; the bromide that we are what we eat; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that is now a truism.
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience it's a common maxim that âa watched pot never boils,â but that's not literally true Synonyms adage, aphorism, apothegm, byword, epigram, saying, proverb, saw, sententia, wordRelated Words bromide, clichÃ© (also cliche), commonplace, platitude, wheeze; expression, felicity; axiom, ...