陳腐な言葉
解説 Definition
繰り返し使われて新鮮さを失った、陳腐な言葉や決まり文句。ありきたりで、内容に乏しいと感じられる発言や考えを指します。
A bromide is a comment or idea that sounds dull and unoriginal because it has been repeated too often. It is usually used for polite but empty expressions or common sayings that do not add much meaning.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- quote「引用」自体には陳腐という評価はありません。bromide は使い古されて新味がないという批判的な含みがあります。 Quote does not itself imply that something is unoriginal. Bromide carries criticism: the expression is overused and offers little that is new.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
-ide は oxide や chloride のような化学物質名を連想させ、bromide にも「臭化物」の意味があります。会話や助言の文脈では、「またその言葉か」と感じる聞き飽きた決まり文句を思い浮かべましょう。
The ending -ide recalls chemistry words such as oxide and chloride; bromide also means a chemical compound. In speech or advice, picture a saying you have heard so often that it feels empty.
例文
His speech was full of tired bromides that everyone had heard before.
彼のスピーチは、誰もが聞き飽きた陳腐な言葉ばかりでした。
Instead of bromides, the poet used fresh and original language.
詩人は陳腐な言葉ではなく、新鮮で独創的な表現を使いました。
bromide の類義語・関連語
bromide の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bromide はギリシャ語 bromos「悪臭」を語源にもつ bromine に、化学語尾 -ide が付いた語。もとは臭素化合物だが、臭化物が鎮静剤に使われたため「眠くなるほど退屈な決まり文句」の比喩になった。bromine や brominate も同根。
Bromide comes from bromine plus the chemical ending -ide. Bromine itself comes from Greek bromos, meaning "bad smell" or "stench," because of its strong odor. Later, because bromide compounds were used as sedatives, the word also developed a figurative sense for something dull or sleep-inducing; bromine and brominate are related words.
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