worn-outadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɔːnˈaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌwɔrnˈaʊt/

Etymology: See wear v.¹ 9b, 10b, 11, 17. Compare outworn adj.

a. Of material things: Injured, damaged, defaced by wear, usage, attrition, or exposure, esp. to such a degree as to be no longer of use or service. †Of graphic characters: Obliterated.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out

perusedc1475

withered1488

laboured1535

outworn1597

worn-out1612

effete1662

frazzled1872

jacked-up1874

crocky1906

bummed1907

rim-racked1916

shot1933

beaten-up1941

beat-up1946

clapped1946

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [adjective] > effaced, obliterated

cancelled1539

obliterated1611

worn-out1612

obliteratea1631

out-razed1638

erased1848

exscinded1877

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete

oldOE

outworna1522

stale1550

obsolete1579

overgone1581

overworn1603

disused1611

exolete1611

absoletea1613

worn-out1612

outdated1616

lapsed1667

exploded1709

supersededa1831

rinky-dink1913

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 72 The errour I imagine to be from restoring of wooren out times in Bede and others.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 40 The bases whereof did beare these now worne out characters.

1637 H. Spelman in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 153 A single letter in a worne-out worde, is a great help to revive what wanteth.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 1) iv. 4 It is a very obscure and almost worn-out stamp of that glorious Image in which at first God made man.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 103 For..Triangular Punches, I commonly reserve my worn out three square Files.

1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. xix, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 323 For the bribe of a worn-out coat.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 155 The worn-out thin shoes.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 439 A worn-out vein of ironstone.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. xi. 290 The worn-out carpets and old-fashioned chairs.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxiv. 372 There was a worn-out old safe in a corner.

b. Of a colour: Dull; not bright or vivid.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull

fadec1290

wannish?a1412

obscure1490

sada1539

dull1552

smoky1576

sober1603

dead1640

dirty1665

invivid1669

dusty1676

saddisha1678

austere1680

worn-out1731

sombrous1792

sombre1805

toneless1833

lacklustre1843

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Apocynum Small Umbels of worn-out purple-colour'd Flowers.

1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 6 These [flowers of Asclepias Syriaca] are of a worn-out purple colour.

a. Of persons, living things, etc.: Utterly exhausted and wasted in strength or vitality.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

attaintc1325

recrayed1340

methefula1350

for-wearya1375

matea1375

taintc1380

heavy1382

fortireda1400

methefula1400

afoundered?a1425

tewedc1440

travailedc1440

wearisomec1460

fatigate1471

defatigatec1487

tired1488

recreant1490

yolden?1507

fulyeit?a1513

traiked?a1513

tavert1535

wearied1538

fatigated1552

awearya1555

forwearied1562

overtired1567

spenta1568

done1575

awearied1577

stank1579

languishinga1586

bankrupt?1589

fordone1590

spent1591

overwearied1592

overworn1592

outworn1597

half-dead1601

back-broken1603

tiry1611

defatigated1612

dog-wearya1616

overweary1617

exhaust1621

worn-out1639

embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

beaten1681

bejaded1687

harassed1693

jaded1693

lassate1694

defeata1732

beat out1758

fagged1764

dog-tired1770

fessive1773

done-up1784

forjeskit1786

ramfeezled1786

done-over1789

fatigued1791

forfoughten1794

worn-up1812

dead1813

out-burnta1821

prostrate1820

dead beat1822

told out1822

bone-tireda1825

traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

magged1839

used up1839

tuckered outc1840

drained1855

floored1857

weariful1862

wappered1868

bushed1870

bezzled1875

dead-beaten1875

down1885

tucked up1891

ready (or fit) to drop1892

buggered-up1893

ground-down1897

played1897

veal-bled1899

stove-up1901

trachled1910

ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

1639 T. Sheafe Vindiciæ Senectutis i. iv. 154 An intemperate youth leaves to Old-Age a weake and worne out body.

1758 P. Williamson Life & Adventures (1812) 49 They used all proper means to recover my worn-out spirits.

1789 J. Wesley Minutes in Wks. (1872) VIII. 327 Every worn-out Preacher shall receive, if he wants it, at least ten pounds a-year.

1793 W. Cowper To Mary 55 Thy worn-out heart will break at last.

1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers ii. 927 We kill a worn-out horse, and who but women Sigh at the deed?

1796 W. H. Marshall Planting I. 93 The rough and the worn-out Hedges.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 105 Her father was a worn-out, broken merchant.

1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 78 The specific operation of lime upon a worn-out soil.

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 595 This practice of crossing with a Gamecock was much in vogue with the old breeders, to improve a worn-out stock.

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xiv. 251 There, in the woods, worn-out men sank down on the bare, frozen ground.

b. Of a smile: Faint, feeble, ‘wan’.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > types of smile

wide-mouthed1658

worn-out1842

Mona Lisa1894

Gioconda1921

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xiv At last, with ‘bated breath,’ and a very worn-out smile, [she] faltered forth.

3. Of ideas, devices, etc.: Hackneyed by use, trite, stale, out of fashion. Of institutions: Effete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > stale, trite, or hackneyed

stale1550

cock-crowen1577

hackney1590

threadbare1598

worn-out1713

hackish1868

thread-worn1888

timeworn1901

old hat1949

connect-the-dots1971

join-the-dots1988

1713 J. Addison Cato i. iii. 7 Your cold Hypocrisie's a stale Device, A worn-out Trick.

1782 W. Cowper Mutual Forbearance in Poems 5 Those hangings, with their worn-out graces.

1801 H. Lee Canterbury Tales IV. 5 Under the claims of a sort of antiquated and worn-out nobility.

1819 in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 3 May (1884) I His speech..treated a worn-out subject so as to make it appear a new one.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 23 This composition..exhibits the worn-out Grecian mythology in an aspect of picturesque novelty.

1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xv. 293 I am too old for that worn-out quibble.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 216 The House of Lords..was an effete and worn-out institution.

†4. Of time: Past, departed. Obsolete.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective]

formerc1160

apassedc1314

past1340

preterite1340

eldera1400

elderna1400

eldernlya1400

bygone1424

bypast1452

ancient1490

by-runa1522

bywenta1522

spent1528

departed1552

forepassed1557

preter1578

by-come1592

worn-out1594

preterlapsed1599

foregone1609

worna1616

elapseda1644

lapsed1702

surpassed1725

gone-by1758

back1808

old-time1865

by-flown1884

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1 The patterne of this worne-out age.

Derivatives

worn-outness n. (also worn-outiness)

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]

wearinessc900

slemea1300

werihede1340

talma1400

aneantizinga1425

faintnessa1440

defatigation1508

languishness?1529

lassitude1541

tiredness1552

overtiring1598

attainta1616

languishmentc1620

exhaustment1621

prostrationa1626

exhaustiona1639

tiresomeness1646

lassation1650

exantlation1651

fessitude1656

faintingnessa1661

delassation1692

tiriness1697

languor1707

fatigue1719

exhausture1779

distress1803

exhaustedness1840

worn-outness1844

tire1859

dead-beatness1907

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > wear resulting from use

slite1614

wear and tear1666

worn-outness1844

frazzle1865

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. ii. 32 The worn-outiness of the old pony on which he used to ride.

1898 B. Gregory Side Lights 434 Receiving allowances..on the same plea of wornoutness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	worn-out
释义	worn-outadj. Brit. /ˌwɔːnˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˌwɔrnˈaʊt/ Etymology: See wear v.¹ 9b, 10b, 11, 17. Compare outworn adj. 1. a. Of material things: Injured, damaged, defaced by wear, usage, attrition, or exposure, esp. to such a degree as to be no longer of use or service. †Of graphic characters: Obliterated. ΘΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out perusedc1475 withered1488 laboured1535 outworn1597 worn-out1612 effete1662 frazzled1872 jacked-up1874 crocky1906 bummed1907 rim-racked1916 shot1933 beaten-up1941 beat-up1946 clapped1946 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [adjective] > effaced, obliterated cancelled1539 obliterated1611 worn-out1612 obliteratea1631 out-razed1638 erased1848 exscinded1877 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete oldOE outworna1522 stale1550 obsolete1579 overgone1581 overworn1603 disused1611 exolete1611 absoletea1613 worn-out1612 outdated1616 lapsed1667 exploded1709 supersededa1831 rinky-dink1913 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 72 The errour I imagine to be from restoring of wooren out times in Bede and others. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 40 The bases whereof did beare these now worne out characters. 1637 H. Spelman in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 153 A single letter in a worne-out worde, is a great help to revive what wanteth. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 1) iv. 4 It is a very obscure and almost worn-out stamp of that glorious Image in which at first God made man. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 103 For..Triangular Punches, I commonly reserve my worn out three square Files. 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. xix, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 323 For the bribe of a worn-out coat. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 155 The worn-out thin shoes. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 439 A worn-out vein of ironstone. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. xi. 290 The worn-out carpets and old-fashioned chairs. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxiv. 372 There was a worn-out old safe in a corner. b. Of a colour: Dull; not bright or vivid. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull fadec1290 wannish?a1412 obscure1490 sada1539 dull1552 smoky1576 sober1603 dead1640 dirty1665 invivid1669 dusty1676 saddisha1678 austere1680 worn-out1731 sombrous1792 sombre1805 toneless1833 lacklustre1843 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Apocynum Small Umbels of worn-out purple-colour'd Flowers. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 6 These [flowers of Asclepias Syriaca] are of a worn-out purple colour. 2. a. Of persons, living things, etc.: Utterly exhausted and wasted in strength or vitality. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1639 T. Sheafe Vindiciæ Senectutis i. iv. 154 An intemperate youth leaves to Old-Age a weake and worne out body. 1758 P. Williamson Life & Adventures (1812) 49 They used all proper means to recover my worn-out spirits. 1789 J. Wesley Minutes in Wks. (1872) VIII. 327 Every worn-out Preacher shall receive, if he wants it, at least ten pounds a-year. 1793 W. Cowper To Mary 55 Thy worn-out heart will break at last. 1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers ii. 927 We kill a worn-out horse, and who but women Sigh at the deed? 1796 W. H. Marshall Planting I. 93 The rough and the worn-out Hedges. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 105 Her father was a worn-out, broken merchant. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 78 The specific operation of lime upon a worn-out soil. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 595 This practice of crossing with a Gamecock was much in vogue with the old breeders, to improve a worn-out stock. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xiv. 251 There, in the woods, worn-out men sank down on the bare, frozen ground. b. Of a smile: Faint, feeble, ‘wan’. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > types of smile wide-mouthed1658 worn-out1842 Mona Lisa1894 Gioconda1921 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xiv At last, with ‘bated breath,’ and a very worn-out smile, [she] faltered forth. 3. Of ideas, devices, etc.: Hackneyed by use, trite, stale, out of fashion. Of institutions: Effete. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > stale, trite, or hackneyed stale1550 cock-crowen1577 hackney1590 threadbare1598 worn-out1713 hackish1868 thread-worn1888 timeworn1901 old hat1949 connect-the-dots1971 join-the-dots1988 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iii. 7 Your cold Hypocrisie's a stale Device, A worn-out Trick. 1782 W. Cowper Mutual Forbearance in Poems 5 Those hangings, with their worn-out graces. 1801 H. Lee Canterbury Tales IV. 5 Under the claims of a sort of antiquated and worn-out nobility. 1819 in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 3 May (1884) I His speech..treated a worn-out subject so as to make it appear a new one. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 23 This composition..exhibits the worn-out Grecian mythology in an aspect of picturesque novelty. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xv. 293 I am too old for that worn-out quibble. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 216 The House of Lords..was an effete and worn-out institution. †4. Of time: Past, departed. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] formerc1160 apassedc1314 past1340 preterite1340 eldera1400 elderna1400 eldernlya1400 bygone1424 bypast1452 ancient1490 by-runa1522 bywenta1522 spent1528 departed1552 forepassed1557 preter1578 by-come1592 worn-out1594 preterlapsed1599 foregone1609 worna1616 elapseda1644 lapsed1702 surpassed1725 gone-by1758 back1808 old-time1865 by-flown1884 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K1 The patterne of this worne-out age. View more context for this quotation Derivatives worn-outness n. (also worn-outiness) ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] wearinessc900 slemea1300 werihede1340 talma1400 aneantizinga1425 faintnessa1440 defatigation1508 languishness?1529 lassitude1541 tiredness1552 overtiring1598 attainta1616 languishmentc1620 exhaustment1621 prostrationa1626 exhaustiona1639 tiresomeness1646 lassation1650 exantlation1651 fessitude1656 faintingnessa1661 delassation1692 tiriness1697 languor1707 fatigue1719 exhausture1779 distress1803 exhaustedness1840 worn-outness1844 tire1859 dead-beatness1907 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > wear resulting from use slite1614 wear and tear1666 worn-outness1844 frazzle1865 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. ii. 32 The worn-outiness of the old pony on which he used to ride. 1898 B. Gregory Side Lights 434 Receiving allowances..on the same plea of wornoutness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1594
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