† proˈtrite, a. Obs.
[ad. L. prōtrīt-us worn away, in late L. trite, vulgar, pa. pple. of prōter-ĕre to tread under foot: see pro-1 and trite a.]
Worn out, trite, threadbare, hackneyed.
| 1604 T. Wright Passions i. iii. 12 The fourth [Passion] most protrite and manifeste unto the world, is their Inconstancie. Ibid. v. 214 What else meane those protrite words of the Psalme. 1659 Gauden Tears Ch. ii. xv. 195 They are but old and rotten errours, protrite and putid opinions of the ancient Gnosticks. |