TRITE
ADJECTIVES
► BEATEN well-worn, trite → a1543 obs.
► HACK in common or promiscuous use; hackneyed; trite, commonplace → 1781
► HACKNEY worn out, like a hired horse, by indiscriminate or vulgar use; threadbare, trite, commonplace; hackneyed → 1596 obs.
► OLD FIDDLE ‘old hat; trite or outdated → 1979 US sl.
► ICKY old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► LONG-HAIR old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► LONG-UNDERWEAR old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► OFF THE COB old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HAT trite; outdated, old-fashioned → 1911
► PRIM old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► RAZZMATAZZ old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► RICKY-TICK old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► ROOTY-TOO old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SCHMALTZY old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SQUARE old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRICTLY STOCK old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► TRITICAL trite and critical → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► UNHEP old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► WOODEN old-fashioned; hackneyed, trite, corny → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BROMIDE a commonplace saying, a trite remark, conventionalism → 1909 sl., orig. US
► PERCOCT that which is exaggerated, hackneyed, or trite → 1879 obs.
VERBS
► HACKNEY to render too familiar, vulgar, trite, or commonplace → 1596
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