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é

[ klee-sheyd, kli- ]

adjective

  1. full of or characterized by é ( def ):

    a é, boring speech.

  2. representing or expressing a é or stereotype; trite; hackneyed; commonplace:

    the old é argument that girls are more affectionate than boys.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of é1

First recorded in 1925–30; é ( def ) + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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That has resulted in cliched language that tests well in a focus group but feels inauthentic to real voters who do not actually care, in practice, about Bipartisan Solutions to America’s Policy Challenges.

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The prose is as famous as it is cliched, but Niemöller’s message is the same one that we Christians take to heart during Holy Week.

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Well at least it gives credence to the old adage, “ Clichéd minds think alike.”

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She has no children or partner, but this is not some é tearjerker in which our protagonist must fill the hole in herself with a baby or a lover.

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He told my colleague Tom Curwen, “I’ve often thought that we should get rid of the palm trees and the Hollywood sign, because as icons of the city, they keep us in a state of arrested psychological development. Maybe they had a place, but now they are emblems of a cliched sensibility, of Los Angeles as some sort of dreamland, that doesn’t capture or express the depth of this city, its uniqueness, its complexity, its messy, sprawling beauty.”

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