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Webster 1913 Edition
Triviality
Trivˊi-al′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Trivialities
(#)
. [Cf. F.
trivialité
] 1.
The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
2.
That which is trivial; a trifle.
The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic
trivialities
. Lyon Playfair.
Webster 1828 Edition
Triviality
TRIVIAL'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
triviality
triviality
English
Noun
triviality (plural trivialities)
- The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
- Something which is trivial or unimportant.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Synonyms
- (partial): bathos
Translations
quality of being trivial
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something trivial
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