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stale (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from Old French estale 'standing still, settled', from estal 'standing place']
bread or cake that is stale is no longer fresh or good to eat
-opposite fresh fresh
::French bread goes stale (=becomes stale) very quickly.
::stale cake
air that is stale is not fresh or pleasant
-opposite fresh fresh
::the smell of stale smoke
not interesting or exciting any more
::stale jokes
::Other marriages might go stale , but not theirs.
if you get stale, you have no new ideas, interest, or energy, because you have been doing the same thing for too long
::If you stay in the job for more than 10 years, you get stale .
::He was becoming stale and running out of ideas.
-- staleness n [U]