Hackneyed (adj)
hak-need
(of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Mid 18th century from the archaic verb hackney (see hackney), meaning ‘use (a horse) for ordinary riding’, later ‘make commonplace by overuse’.
Example sentences
“Are we relying on this hackneyed old trope again?”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
