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unhackneyed

adj

Etymology

From un- + hackneyed.

  1. derived from *Hacan īeġ✻ — “Haca's Island”
  2. inherited from hakeney
  3. suffixed as hackneyed — “hackney + ed”
  4. prefixed as unhackneyed — “un + hackneyed”

Definitions

  1. Unpractised, inexperienced.

  2. Not worn-out through overuse

    Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.

    • UNUSUAL LOCOMOTIVES. By E. F. Carter. Frederick Muller Ltd. 21s. […] This book is particularly disappointing as this is an un-hackneyed subject upon which a reliable book would be most welcome.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unhackneyed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA