staleness

stale ¹  (stl)

adj. stal·er, stal·est

1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air.

2. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke.

3. Impaired in efficacy, vigor, or spirit, as from inactivity or boredom.

4. Law Having lost effectiveness or force through lack of exercise or action.

tr. & intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales

To make or become stale.

---

[Middle English, settled, clear (used of beer or wine), probably from Old French estale, slack, settled, clear, from estaler, to come to a standstill, halt, from estal, standing place, stand, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

---

stalely adv.

staleness n.

---

stale ²  (stl)

intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales

To urinate. Used especially of horses and camels.

n.

The urine of certain animals, especially horses and camels.

---

[Middle English stalen, possibly of Low German origin; akin to Middle Low German stallen.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	staleness - unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed triteness unoriginality - uncreativeness due to a lack of originality camp - something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"
	2.	staleness - having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging oldness - the opposite of youngness moldiness, mustiness, must - the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy freshness - the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him"

Translations

staleness [ˈsteɪlnɪs] N

1. (= lack of freshness) [of cheese, butter, sweat, cigarette smoke] → lo rancio; [of air] → lo viciado; [biscuit, beer] → lo pasado; [of cake] → sequedad f, lo seco; [of bread] → lo correoso; (= hardness) → dureza f

2. (fig) [of news, joke] → lo viejo; [of person, relationship] → estancamiento m, anquilosamiento m

staleness

n

(lit, of beer, water etc) → Schalheit f, → Abgestandenheit f; (of bread, biscuit) → Altbackenheit f; (of taste, smell) → Muffigkeit f; the staleness of the air made them sleepy → die verbrauchte Luft machte sie schläfrig

(fig, of joke) → Abgedroschenheit f; the staleness of the news → die veraltete Nachricht; he practised to the point of staleness → er übte, bis er langsam alles nur noch routinemäßig machte

staleness [ˈsteɪlnɪs] n (of food) → mancanza di freschezza; (of air) → pesantezza

---

staleness [ˈsteɪlnɪs] n (of food) → mancanza di freschezza; (of air) → pesantezza