adjective
Etymology: from past participle of hackney (III)
: commonplace
hackneyed phrase
hackneyed metaphor
histrionic rhetoric and hackneyed gesture — H.V.Gregory
Synonyms: see trite
adjective
Etymology: from past participle of hackney (III)
: commonplace
hackneyed phrase
hackneyed metaphor
histrionic rhetoric and hackneyed gesture — H.V.Gregory
Synonyms: see trite
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012