hackneyed
adj.
1769, "kept for hire," past participle adjective from hackney. The figurative sense of "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting" is older, 1749, from hack, n.2 in special sense of "one who writes anything for hire."
| 词汇 | hackneyed |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary hackneyed adj. 1769, "kept for hire," past participle adjective from hackney. The figurative sense of "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting" is older, 1749, from hack, n.2 in special sense of "one who writes anything for hire." |
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