timeworn en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/
Etymology
From time + worn.
Meanings
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Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; […]
[1905], Maxim Gorky, “Part I”, in J. K. M. Shirazi, transl., Creatures that Once were Men, London: Alston Rivers, […], →OCLC, page 1:After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
- Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most timeworn | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more timeworn | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| time-worn | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
cheesy · well-worn · timeworn · commonplace · trite · banal · stock · corny · clichéd · tired · shopworn · bathetic · played out · shopworn · bromidic · stale · overworked · overused · warmed-over · well-worn · clichéd · threadbare · stock · hackneyed · tired · threadbare · hoary · pat · dog-eared · commonplace · unoriginal · overdone
Translations (7)
de patiniert (showing the effects of wear) · sv utnött (showing the effects of wear) · de veraltet (showing the effects of wear) · de abgegriffen (showing the effects of wear) · pl wysłużony (showing the effects of wear) · de abgenutzt (showing the effects of wear) · pl nadgryziony zębem czasu (showing the effects of wear)