bro|mide

bro|mide
bro|mide «BROH myd», noun.
1. any compound of bromine with another element or radical, especially potassium bromi.
2. a drug used especially to calm nervousness or cause sleep.
3. Informal, Figurative. a commonplace idea; trite remark.
4. Figurative. a person whose thoughts and conversation are conventional and commonplace.
[< brom(ine) + -ide]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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