different between trite vs hackney

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?t, IPA^(key): /t?a?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Latin tr?tus "worn out," a form of the verb ter? (“I wear away, wear out”).

Adjective

trite (comparative triter, superlative tritest)

1. Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
   • 1897, W. B. Kimberly, History of West Australia : A Narrative of Her Past together with Biographies of Her Leading Men:

     It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.

   • 2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267:

     McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!

2. (law) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
   • 2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604:

     It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

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See also

• cliché

Etymology 2

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Noun

trite (uncountable)

1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
2. Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

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Further reading

• Trite (spider) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tetri, titer, titre

Italian

Adjective

trite

1. feminine plural of trito

Anagrams

• retti, ritte, tetri

Latin

Participle

tr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of tr?tus

References

• trite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Tocharian B

Etymology

Compare Tocharian A trit

Adjective

trite

1. third

English

Etymology

From Middle English hakeney; probably from Hackney (formerly a town, now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, or from Old French haquenee (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius (though some recent French sources report that the English usage predates the French).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hækni/

Noun

hackney (plural hackneys)

1. (archaic) An ordinary horse.
2. A carriage for hire or a cab.
3. A horse used to ride or drive.
4. A breed of English horse.
5. (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

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Adjective

hackney (not comparable)

1. Offered for hire.

   hackney coaches

2. (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.

   hackney authors

   • a. 1685, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, The Ghost of the old House of Commons to the new one appointed to meet at Oxford.

     his accumulative and hackney tongue

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Verb

hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)

1. (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
2. (transitive) To use as a hackney.
3. (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.

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