TRIFLED
Verb
trifled
simple past tense and past participle of trifle
Anagrams
• filtred, flirted
Source: Wiktionary
TRIFLE
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