bromide

noun

1. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

2. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

3. (by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

   My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

4. A platitude.

   We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

5. A print made on bromide paper.