hackneyedadj.

Brit.

/ˈhaknɪd/, U.S.

/ˈhæknid/

Forms: 1600s–1800s hacknied, 1600s– hackneyed.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hackney v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < hackney v. + -ed suffix¹.

†1.

a. Of a horse: used as a hackney, esp. in being ridden hard. Chiefly (and in earliest use) figurative: much used; overworked. Cf. hackney v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [adjective] > hired > that may be hired

hackney1590

conductitious1607

hackneyed1651

hireable1862

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 36 I have not wrote like some bestrid Pythonick or hackneyed Enthusiastick.

1659 E. Peirce Vox Verè Anglorum 3 What then hath this poor hacknied, over-ridden, spurr'd, and spurgall'd people to do.

1767 G. S. Carey Hills of Hybla 20 On hackney'd steeds, the giddy blockheads fly.

1840 Analyst 10 320 Prose is..the hackneyed jade that is driven and galled by each one as he chooses.

b. Of a person: offering his or her services for hire; hired. Cf. hackney v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > hired or relating to hireling

mercenary1569

hireling1587

hackneyed1743

1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 45 By Proteus must certainly be meant a hacknied Town scribler.

1795 Reg. Times 6 57/1 A meeting composed of shabbroons, of unemployed hackneyed clerks, of bankrupts.

a1818 D. Stewart in J. Mill Brit. India (2010) I. ii. ix. 385 A village apothecary or a hacknied nurse.

1836 C. E. Lambert Bar-sinister II. ix. 204 The horde of hackneyed scribblers, who apparently compose per page, and are paid according to the number of quires.

1883 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 472/1 The preparation of his biography has not been intrusted to a professional or hackneyed writer.

2. Of a phrase, subject, etc.: made trite, uninteresting, or commonplace through familiarity or overuse; stale, tired; banal. Cf. hackney v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition

trite1548

beaten1587

threadbare1598

repetitious1673

hackneyed1747

monotonous1780

commonplace1801

thread-worn1888

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace > rendering commonplace > rendered commonplace

hackneyed1747

banalized1964

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > stale or mechanical

vinnied1563

overworn1578

seta1616

stock1738

hackneyed1747

commonplace1801

stereotype1824

stereotyped1849

hacky1862

stereotypic1884

cliché1895

cliché-ridden1920

clichéd1925

1747 W. Warburton Wks. Shakespear II. 267 For the much-used hacknied metaphors being now very imperfectly known, great care is required not to act in this cafe temerariously.

1757 Notes Art Poetry in Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones (ed. 3) I. 58 The tedium, arising from hacknied expression.

1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 105 The old hackneyed objection.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited x. 375 It is the hackneyed complaint that England is without a fine public collection.

1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. v. 82 Along the hackneyed tourist routes.

1904 Bookman June 396/1 At the hands of a novelist of the first rank, there is no such thing as a hackneyed plot.

1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 360/3 Few subjects in the field of modern art are as hackneyed as Impressionism.

2013 M. J. Rossano Mortal Rituals i. 16 The hackneyed phrase there's no ‘I’ in ‘team’ does have some truth to it.

3. Formerly (of a person): †having long experience in a particular field; experienced, practised; veteran (obsolete). Hence in later use: jaded or weary through long experience. Cf. hackney v. 2b.In quot. 1749 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont > familiar with or experienced in anything

familiar1509

frequentative1575

experienced1576

beatena1593

frequent1609

veteran1624

seasoneda1643

hackneyed1749

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 29 The hackney'd, thorough-bred Phœbe, to whom all modes and devices of pleasure were known and familiar.

1810 W. Scott Let. 10 Oct. in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 29 Whatever the practised and hackneyed critic may say.

1856 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 301/2 Mr. Blakely had no acumen of mind to stand against C. who was a keen and hackneyed lawyer.

1897 R. L. Dabney Pract. Philos. iii. ii. 205 Do we not find that the most unsophisticated have the most vivid moral sympathies? The ignorant child in the nursery more than the hackneyed man of experience?

1921 Financial World 8 Aug. 214/3 We have long become accustomed to the yelping of hackneyed lawyers.

1986 R. G. Barrett You wouldn't be Dead for Quids (new ed.) 140 On the dance floor several couples were shuffling around listlessly to a hackneyed band murdering some old Beatles songs.

2011 D. Alvis in C. McNamara & M. M. Marlowe Obama Presidency in Constit. Order vii. 131 What was most memorable about Obama's campaign was how he defined himself as anything but a hackneyed politician.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hackneyed
释义	hackneyedadj. Brit. /ˈhaknɪd/, U.S. /ˈhæknid/ Forms: 1600s–1800s hacknied, 1600s– hackneyed. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hackney v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < hackney v. + -ed suffix¹. †1. a. Of a horse: used as a hackney, esp. in being ridden hard. Chiefly (and in earliest use) figurative: much used; overworked. Cf. hackney v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [adjective] > hired > that may be hired hackney1590 conductitious1607 hackneyed1651 hireable1862 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 36 I have not wrote like some bestrid Pythonick or hackneyed Enthusiastick. 1659 E. Peirce Vox Verè Anglorum 3 What then hath this poor hacknied, over-ridden, spurr'd, and spurgall'd people to do. 1767 G. S. Carey Hills of Hybla 20 On hackney'd steeds, the giddy blockheads fly. 1840 Analyst 10 320 Prose is..the hackneyed jade that is driven and galled by each one as he chooses. b. Of a person: offering his or her services for hire; hired. Cf. hackney v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > hired or relating to hireling mercenary1569 hireling1587 hackneyed1743 1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 45 By Proteus must certainly be meant a hacknied Town scribler. 1795 Reg. Times 6 57/1 A meeting composed of shabbroons, of unemployed hackneyed clerks, of bankrupts. a1818 D. Stewart in J. Mill Brit. India (2010) I. ii. ix. 385 A village apothecary or a hacknied nurse. 1836 C. E. Lambert Bar-sinister II. ix. 204 The horde of hackneyed scribblers, who apparently compose per page, and are paid according to the number of quires. 1883 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 472/1 The preparation of his biography has not been intrusted to a professional or hackneyed writer. 2. Of a phrase, subject, etc.: made trite, uninteresting, or commonplace through familiarity or overuse; stale, tired; banal. Cf. hackney v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition trite1548 beaten1587 threadbare1598 repetitious1673 hackneyed1747 monotonous1780 commonplace1801 thread-worn1888 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace > rendering commonplace > rendered commonplace hackneyed1747 banalized1964 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull > stale or mechanical vinnied1563 overworn1578 seta1616 stock1738 hackneyed1747 commonplace1801 stereotype1824 stereotyped1849 hacky1862 stereotypic1884 cliché1895 cliché-ridden1920 clichéd1925 1747 W. Warburton Wks. Shakespear II. 267 For the much-used hacknied metaphors being now very imperfectly known, great care is required not to act in this cafe temerariously. 1757 Notes Art Poetry in Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones (ed. 3) I. 58 The tedium, arising from hacknied expression. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 105 The old hackneyed objection. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited x. 375 It is the hackneyed complaint that England is without a fine public collection. 1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. v. 82 Along the hackneyed tourist routes. 1904 Bookman June 396/1 At the hands of a novelist of the first rank, there is no such thing as a hackneyed plot. 1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 360/3 Few subjects in the field of modern art are as hackneyed as Impressionism. 2013 M. J. Rossano Mortal Rituals i. 16 The hackneyed phrase there's no ‘I’ in ‘team’ does have some truth to it. 3. Formerly (of a person): †having long experience in a particular field; experienced, practised; veteran (obsolete). Hence in later use: jaded or weary through long experience. Cf. hackney v. 2b.In quot. 1749 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont > familiar with or experienced in anything familiar1509 frequentative1575 experienced1576 beatena1593 frequent1609 veteran1624 seasoneda1643 hackneyed1749 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 29 The hackney'd, thorough-bred Phœbe, to whom all modes and devices of pleasure were known and familiar. 1810 W. Scott Let. 10 Oct. in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. 29 Whatever the practised and hackneyed critic may say. 1856 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 301/2 Mr. Blakely had no acumen of mind to stand against C. who was a keen and hackneyed lawyer. 1897 R. L. Dabney Pract. Philos. iii. ii. 205 Do we not find that the most unsophisticated have the most vivid moral sympathies? The ignorant child in the nursery more than the hackneyed man of experience? 1921 Financial World 8 Aug. 214/3 We have long become accustomed to the yelping of hackneyed lawyers. 1986 R. G. Barrett You wouldn't be Dead for Quids (new ed.) 140 On the dance floor several couples were shuffling around listlessly to a hackneyed band murdering some old Beatles songs. 2011 D. Alvis in C. McNamara & M. M. Marlowe Obama Presidency in Constit. Order vii. 131 What was most memorable about Obama's campaign was how he defined himself as anything but a hackneyed politician. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1651
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