stale
English
/steɪl/
adj
Definitions
- (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
- (agriculture) Fallow, in reference to land.
- (legal) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- Taking a long time to change
- worn Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- (finance) out of Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- (computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stale derived from Proto-Germanic *stāną (stand).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stāną
Gloss
stand
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mate English
- nonstale English
- rake English
- rakestale English
- stalely English
- stalemate English
- staleness English
- unstale English
- unstaling English
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *standaną Proto-Germanic
- *stāną Proto-Germanic
- stalu Old English
- stale Middle English
- standa Old Norse
- stá Old Norse
- stān Old High German
- stēn Old High German
- *stān gmw-pro
- stan Old Dutch
- stān Old Dutch
- stān Middle Low German
- stan Old Saxon
- stān Old Saxon
- stān Old Frisian