Twice-told
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Twice-told is an adjective meaning hackneyed; cliché.
Meaning
hackneyed; cliché.
Example Sentences
a twice-told tale
[…] the fact that repetition makes for dullness and that a fresh mind may well be able to introduce a new and hence a more effective approach to what has become rather more than a twice-told tale.
I am aware that the story of “the story within the story” is itself a twice-told tale, but nonetheless I will tell it again, hoping to make it yield some additional meaning—if my initial contention is right.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include well-worn, timeworn, hackneyed, hackeneyed, warmed-over, conventional.
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