TRIFLE

triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer

(noun) something of small importance

trifle, triviality

(noun) a detail that is considered insignificant

trifle

(noun) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

dally, trifle, play

(verb) consider not very seriously; “He is trifling with her”; “She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania”

frivol, trifle

(verb) act frivolously

piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle

(verb) waste time; spend one’s time idly or inefficiently

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

trifle (countable and uncountable, plural trifles)

An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

Coordinate terms: tiramisu, bread pudding

Anything that is of little importance or worth.

Synonyms: bagatelle, minor detail, whiffle, Thesaurus:trifle

An insignificant amount of money.

A very small amount (of something).

Synonyms: smidgen, Thesaurus:modicum

A particular kind of pewter.

(uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.

Verb

trifle (third-person singular simple present trifles, present participle trifling, simple past and past participle trifled)

(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

(intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.

(intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.

(transitive) To squander or waste.

(transitive, obsolete) To make a trifle of, to make trivial.

Synonyms

• (toy with): fiddle

• (squander): fritter, wanton

Anagrams

• filter, filtre, firtle, lifter, relift

Source: Wiktionary

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Tri"fle, n. Etym: [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle.]

1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak. Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. Young.

2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

Tri"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling.] Etym: [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.]

Definition: To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker. To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.

Tri"fle, v. t.

1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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