- hackneyed
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adjective
Date: 1735
lacking in freshness or originality <hackneyed slogans> Synonyms: see trite
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hackneyed
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hackneyed — hackneyed; un·hackneyed; … English syllables
hackneyed — meaning ‘made commonplace or trite by overuse’, is spelt eyed. For hackneyed phrases, see clichés … Modern English usage
hackneyed — index familiar (customary), mundane, nondescript, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, stale, trite … Law dictionary
hackneyed — (adj.) 1769, kept for hire, pp. adjective from HACKNEY (Cf. hackney). The figurative sense of trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting is older, 1749, from HACK (Cf. hack) (n.2) in special sense of one who writes anything for hire … Etymology dictionary
hackneyed — *trite, stereotyped, threadbare, shopworn Analogous words: antiquated, archaic, obsolete, antediluvian, *old: worn, wasted (see HAGGARD): attenuated, diluted (see THIN vb) Contrasted words: fresh, novel, original, *new … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hackneyed — [adj] clichéd, tired antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune*, hokey*, moth eaten*, obsolete, old, old chestnut*, old hat*, old saw*, outdated, outmoded, outof date, overworked, pedestrian*, played… … New thesaurus
hackneyed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a phrase or idea) unoriginal and trite. ORIGIN from the obsolete verb hackney «use a horse for general purposes», later «make commonplace by overuse» … English terms dictionary
hackneyed — [hak′nēd΄] adj. made trite by overuse SYN. TRITE … English World dictionary
Hackneyed — Hackney Hack ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackneyed} ( n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
