Meanings (ES + gloss)
anquilosado • gastado • manido • manoseado • obsoleto • periclitado • trillado
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
Better is...be it new or stale, A harmelesse lie, than a harmefull true tale.
Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe.
acorchado • alaste • correoso • duro • endurecido • melcochoso • melcochudo • pasado • rancio • revenido • viciado • viejo
Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
In most states, you can be ticketed for failing to clear the intersection, even if you are hemmed in by traffic. One good clue to a stale green light is the pedestrian signal.