banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; âbromidic sermonsâ; âhis remarks were trite and commonplaceâ; âhackneyed phrasesâ; âa stock answerâ; ârepeating threadbare jokesâ; âparroting some timeworn axiomâ; âthe trite metaphor âhard as nailsââ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hackneyed (comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)
Repeated too often.
Synonyms: banal, commonplace, clichéd, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, Thesaurus:hackneyed
(dated) Let out for hire.
hackneyed
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
Source: Wiktionary
Hack"ney, n.; pl. Hackneys. Etym: [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F. haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Hack"ney, a.
Definition: Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.
Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; 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 quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; âcovert actions by the CIAâ; âcovert funding for the rebelsâ
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