altbacken — meaning in English

English meaning

• ancient adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
• stale adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.

Senses

altbacken is used for these senses in English:

• ancient Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• stale No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

ancient — full definition

1. adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
2. adj Very old.
3. noun A person who lived in the distant past, especially in classical Greece or Rome.

stale — full definition

1. adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.
2. adj No longer fresh or interesting; overused, clichéd, or dated.
3. verb To become, or make, stale; to lose freshness or interest.

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