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timeworn

[tahym-wawrn, -wohrn]
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adjective
  1. worn or impaired by time.
  2. showing the effects of age or antiquity; antiquated: timeworn farming methods.
  3. commonplace; trite; hackneyed: a timeworn excuse.
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Origin of timeworn

First recorded in 1720–30; time + worn
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Examples from the Web for timeworn

Historical Examples

  • Judging from what little I have seen, it appears to be ancient and timeworn.

    The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales")

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Branch after branch is dropping from the timeworn, weatherbeaten trunk.

  • The birth of Lafayette is recorded in the yellow and timeworn parish register of Chaviniac.

    Lafayette

    Martha Foote Crow

  • Besides the earnest agony of its words, there was a mute eloquence about that yellow, timeworn paper.

    Merkland

    Mrs. Oliphant

  • Feeling certain of defeat at the polls, the partisans of the latter candidate resorted to the timeworn expedient of a revolt.

British Dictionary definitions for timeworn

timeworn

adjective
  1. showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age
  2. hackneyed; trite
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