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timeworn [ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn] adj
1. showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age 2. hackneyed; trite ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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And this may serve for an example, that there is almost always an old and timeworn substance under all the glittering show of new invention. At length, however, she gave up the attempt, and Jane heard her returning toward the window, beneath which she paused for an instant, and then launched her great weight against the timeworn lattice. A woman's arm touched the soul of a great sculptor two thousand years ago, so that he wrought an image of it for the Parthenon which moves us still as it clasps lovingly the timeworn marble of a headless trunk. |
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