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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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of é1

First recorded in 1925–30; é ( def ) + -ed 3
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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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There’s no shortage of films that tackle the tragedy-ridden life of painter Frida Kahlo, whose image has now become é iconography.

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This is contemporary sound to dispel é fears of abrasive modernism while never cheaply pandering to mass appeal.

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