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  • 101corny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., slang, sentimental, mushy, sticky; old fashioned, stale, musty, banal, sticky. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stale, trite, sentimental, unsophisticated; see dull 4 , sentimental ,… …

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  • 102threadbare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frayed, tattered, worn[ out]; jaded, weary; trite, hackneyed; scanty. See deterioration, divestment, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ragged] Syn. shabby, seedy, frayed; see ragged , worn 1 . 2 …

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  • 103stereotyped — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hackneyed, trite, ordinary; see conventional 1 , 2 , dull 4 . See Synonym Study at trite . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny …

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  • 104cliché — cli•ché or cli•che [[t]kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ [/t]] n. 1) a trite, stereotyped expression, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox[/ex] 2) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of form, musical style, etc 3) anything that has become trite… …

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  • 105PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …

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  • 106Attrite — At*trite , a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad + terere to rub. See {Trite}.] 1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; opposed to {contrite}. [1913… …

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  • 107Bromide — Bro mide, n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical. [1913 Webster] 2. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] The bromide conforms to everything… …

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  • 108Bromidic — Bro*mid ic, a. 1. of or pertaining to bromide (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5] 2. conventional or trite; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse of sayings, assertions, or discourses; as, bromidic sermons. Syn: commonplace, hackneyed,… …

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  • 109Contrite — Con trite (?; 277), a. [L. contritus bruised, p. p. of contrere to grind, bruise; con + terere to rub, grind: cf. F. contrit See {Trite}.] 1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply… …

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  • 110Musical mode — This article is about modes as used in music. For other uses, see Mode (disambiguation). Modern Dorian mode on C  Play …

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