cliche
NounUS[klee-shey]/kliˈʃeɪ/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cli′ché′ noun
Origin: F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype.
1. A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
2. a trite or obvious remark. Syn. — platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide.
Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5