hackneyed
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈhæk.nid/ / [ˈhæknɪi̯d]
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English hackney English -ed English hackneyed From hackney + -ed.
- Repeated too often.
“The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.”
“It was a great success, that Irish stew. I don’t think I ever enjoyed a meal more. There was something so fresh and piquant about it. One's palate gets so tired of the old hackneyed things: here was a dish with a new flavour, with a taste like nothing else on earth.”
- Let out for hire.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English hackney English -ed English hackneyed From hackney + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of hackney