TRIVIA

triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer

(noun) something of small importance

TRIVIUM

trivium

(noun) (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Trivia

(Roman god) The goddess of crossroads. (Compare Hecate.)

Etymology 1

Noun

trivia (countable and uncountable, plural trivia)

insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information

A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

Usage notes

• Formerly, as word derived from a Latin plural, trivia required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept a singular verb, and this may be the preferred usage in the US. The game (2) is always regarded as a singular noun.

Etymology 2

Noun

trivia

plural of trivium

Source: Wiktionary

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TRIVIUM

Triv"i*um, n. Etym: [LL. See Trivial.]

1. The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

Note: The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven liberal arts. See Quadrivium.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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