To a Frenchman, everything is a platitude that is not a paradox. The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly Charles James Lever A platitude that nobody has expressed and that nobody has acted on is a great truth. The Ghost in the White House Gerald Stanley Lee It is tolerated to-day for no other reason than that it has cornered the platitude market.
Et al. is defined as an abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alia which means and others.. An example of et. al. used as an abbreviation is in the sentence, The article was written by Smith, Jones, Paul, et al. which means that Smith, Jones, Paul and others wrote the article. Origin of et al.
et al. n. abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alii meaning and others.. This is commonly used in shortening the name of a case, as in Pat Murgatroyd v. Sally Sherman, et al.. adverb and all, and everyone, and more of the same, and other parties, and other things, and others, and the rest.