Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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
29 June 2024
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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.