cliche Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a trite or obvious remark
    banality; platitude; commonplace; bromide.

WordNet

Cli`ché" noun (Also<
  • Cliche
  • Cliché
)
Etymology
F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype.
Definitions
  1. A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

Webster 1913