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TRIFLING
negligible, paltry, trifling
(adjective) not worth considering; “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost”; “piffling efforts”; “a trifling matter”
dalliance, dawdling, trifling
(noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
trifling (comparative more trifling, superlative most trifling)
Trivial, or of little importance.
Idle or frivolous.
(African-American Vernacular) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
Synonyms
• trivial
• inconsequential
• petty
• See also insignificant
Noun
trifling (plural triflings)
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
Anagrams
• filtring, flirting
Source: Wiktionary
Tri"fling, a.
Definition: Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
– Tri"fling*ly, adv.
– Tri"fling*ness, n.
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
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