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1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

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  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • STALELY
    1. In a state stale manner. 2. Of old; long since. B. Jonson.
  • OBVIOUS
    1. Opposing; fronting. To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. "Obvious to dispute." Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident;
  • TRIVIALNESS
    Quality or state of being trivial.
  • HACKNEYMAN
    A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
  • STALEMATE
    The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
  • TRIVIALITY
    1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair.
  • FAMILIARITY
    1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. 2. Anything said or done by one person to another
  • COMMONPLACE
    Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
  • STALE
    The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. But seeling the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. Chapman. (more info) steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. stall, stalk,
  • THREADBARENESS
    The state of being threadbare.
  • TRITERNATE
    Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.
  • STALENESS
    The quality or state of being stale.
  • FAMILIARIZATION
    The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
  • HACKNEY
    haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag;
  • TRIVIALISM
    A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle.
  • COMMONPLACENESS
    The quality of being commonplace; commonness.
  • FAMILIARIZE
    1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress. 2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self
  • FAMILIAR
    1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." Byron. 2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. 3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the
  • TRIVIALLY
    In a trivial manner.
  • ATTRITE
    Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite. (more info) 1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton.
  • RAKESTALE
    The handle of a rake. That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer.
  • HYPONITRITE
    A salt of hyponitrous acid.
  • AMYL NITRITE
    A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.
  • VESTALES
    A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.
  • LITHOTRITE; LITHOTRITOR
    A lithotriptor.
  • CONTRITE
    grind, bruise; con- + terere to rub, grind: cf. F. contrit See 1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. 2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent. A contrite heart,

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