Hackneyed HACK'NEYED, pp. Used much or in common.
1. Practiced; accustomed.
He is long hackneyed in the ways of men.
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
hackneyed adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
hackneyed adjective Date: 1735 lacking in freshness or originality
Oxford English Reference Dictionary
hackneyed
adj. (of a phrase etc.) made commonplace or trite by overuse.
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary
hackneyed If you describe something such as a saying or an image as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before. Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true. ADJ
English Explanatory Dictionary
hackneyed ˈhæknɪd adj. (of a phrase etc.) made commonplace or trite by overuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hackney \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.
Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms
hackneyed a. 1. Worn out, much used. 2. Common, commonplace, threadbare, trite, stale, beaten.
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