twice-told

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [twahys tohld]
- /twaɪs toʊld/
- /twaɪs təʊld/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [twahys tohld]
- /twaɪs toʊld/

Definitions of twice-told word

adjective twice-told having been told before; related two times. 1
adjective twice-told hackneyed through repeated use 0
adjective twice-told told twice 0
adjective twice-told told so often as to be hackneyed or trite 0

See all 4 definitions of twice-told

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Origin of twice-told

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

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Parts of speech for Twice-told

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Twice-told

twice-told popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.