Associations to the word «Timeworn»
Wiktionary
TIMEWORN, adjective. Showing the effects of wear due to long use
TIMEWORN, adjective. Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed
Dictionary definition
TIMEWORN, adjective. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.