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clicher
French · 1800s
"to cast a printing plate"
a printing term meaning to make a stereotype printing plate
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Stage 2 of 3
cliché
French · 1800s
"a stereotype plate; an overused phrase"
the noun form came to mean an overused printing plate, then an overused phrase
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Stage 3 of 3
cliche
English · 1900s
"an overused phrase or idea"
adopted directly from French
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